Chapter 10.2 Civil - Boards and commissioners

10.2 Boards and commissioners

This section includes boards and commissioners who provided services for more than one civil parish. The Strand Board of Works included the parishes of St Anne Soho, St Clement Danes, St Mary-le-Strand, St Paul Covent Garden, the Liberty of the Rolls and the Precinct of the Savoy. The Westminster Paving Commissioners originally included most of the City of Westminster in 1762, but parishes gradually withdrew from their authority and established their own committees (see Chapter10.1).

Boards and commissioners for individual parishes such as burial boards, boards of health, commissioners for baths and wash-houses and commissioners for libraries and museums are listed with the parish records in Chapter10.1. The Westminster Board of Works which only included the joint civil parish of St Margaret and St John is also listed in Chapter10.1. Other public authorities such as turnpike trustees and trustees for individual streets, squares or parts of parishes are included in Chapter 12.

Strand Board of Works

Minutes, 1855-1900 (indexed)

Reports of committees and officers, 1856-1900

Letter books, 1884-1890

Mortuary register, 1885-1897

Wages book, 1881-1897

Deeds, contracts etc, 1818-1905 Plans, c1890-1893 SBW; Acc 495

Westminster Paving Commissioners

Minutes, 1762-1835 (indexed)

Accounts, 1762-1835

Agreements and papers re loans, 1765-1835

Works book, 1767-1768 Contracts, 1763-1786, 1815-1834

Deed book, 1767-1774

Petitions, correspondence etc, 1768-1836 E; Acc 96/19