Identity Statement
| Title | Cork City Council Rate Collection Books |
| Archive Reference | IE CCCA/CP/R/RC |
| Web Link to this Entry | https://iar.ie/archive/cork-city-council-re-collection-books |
| Creation Dates | (1929)1936-1961 |
| Extent Medium | 141 volumes |
Context
Creator(s): Cork City Council
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Administrative History ↴
Cork Corporation was retitled Cork City Council in 2001. Levying of rates on private dwellings (domestic rates) ended in 1977. -
Archival History ↴
Accessioned in 1980s and 1990s from the Rates section, Finance Department, Cork City Council. -
Immediate Source Acquisition ↴
Official Transfer
Content & Structure
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Scope & Content: Cork City Council ↴
Series of Rate Collection books kept by the Rates Department of Cork City Council recording payment of city/municipal rates, up to 1961 and poor rates up to c.1941, by the occupiers and/or owners of property within the Cork City area.
The information recorded in the volumes includes: No. of Rating; Address and Description of Tenement/Property; Name of Owners / Occupiers; Rateable Valuation; Rate for that Year; Arrears; Total Demanded; Arrears paid; Remarks. Some volumes have a page index to streets. Many volumes have a signed copy of the General Warrant to Collect and Levy Rates signed by the Lord Mayor, City Manager, Town Clerk and City Solicitor.
A useful adjunct to the Valuation Lists for Cork City.
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Appraisal Destruction ↴
Permanent Retention -
Arrangement ↴
Arranged into 5 sub series according to groupings of Cork City urban districts/ wards which are numbered 1 to 7. (Material for Ward Nos. 8 to 10 has not yet been acquired)
Sub Series Wards
1 Central Ward, also incorp. (2) North Central Ward and (6) South Central Ward
3 North East Ward
4 North Ward
5 South and East Ward
7 West Ward also incorp. (4A) North West and (5A) part of South from 1955-61
Conditions of Access & Use
| Access Conditions | Open by appointment to those holding a current readers ticket |
| Conditions Governing Reproduction | Subject to rules governing reproduction of records of CCCA |
| Creation Dates | (1929)1936-1961 |
| Extent Medium | 141 volumes |
| Material Language Script | English |
| Finding Aids | Descriptive list Archive Web Link → |
Allied Materials
| Related Material | CCCA: Valuation Lists, Cork City, 1900-1930, 1950s-1970s. Rate Collection Books c.1962-c1974 (Ref. CP/R/2006) |
Descriptive Control Area
| Archivist Note | Brian McGee |
| Rules/Conventions | ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description. 2nd ed. Ottawa: International Council on Archives, 2000. |
| Date of Descriptions | 40299 |