Medway Council Heritage Services catalogues
  • Title
    SWANSCOMBE PARISH COUNCIL RECORDS
  • Reference
    PC362
  • Date
    1894-1926
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Extent
    13 documents
  • Administrative history / biography
    The first meeting of Swanscombe Parish Council was held at Ingress Vale Chapel, Greenhithe, with later meetings held at Galley Hill School. Swanscombe Parish Council was initially the tier of local government below Dartford Rural District Council. It continued until 1926, when Swanscombe Urban District Council was established. This existed until 1974, when the Parish Council was re-established under Dartford District Council. In March 1981, Swanscombe and Greenhithe Town Council was established.
  • Archival history
    These records were originally catalogued with the records of Swanscombe parish church under the reference P362/29. They were re-catalogued in October 2014.
  • Accruals
    possible
  • Related material
    Records of Swanscombe Urban District Council are held at the Kent History and Library Centre, Maidstone (collection UD/SW).