City Assessor’s Department
- Reference:GB 243 D-CA
- Dates of Creation:1832 - 1975
- Language of Material:English
- Physical Description:95.50 Linear Metres
Scope and Content
D-CA1: Not allocated
D-CA2: Registers of voters, 1832, 1856 - 1880, 1920 - 1939, 1945 - 1975
D-CA3: Valuation rolls, 1913 - 1975
D-CA4: Supplementary valuation rolls, 1926 - 1959
D-CA5: Street Lists, various dates covering 1913 - 1975
D-CA6: Property Indexes, 1884 - 1960
D-CA7: Press cuttings books, 1909 - 1951
D-CA8: Photographic Survey of Properties, c1900, 1921 - 1941, c1957
D-CA9: Annual Abridgements of Sasines for Glasgow, 1924 - 1965
D-CA10: Photographs of advertisement hoardings and bookstalls, 1936
D-CA11: Files relating to the conduct of the census, 1881 - 1911
D-CA12: Papers relating to Belgian refugees in Glasgow, 1914 - 1920
D-CA13: Index of properties rouped at Faculty Hall, Glasgow, 1884 - 1911.
Administrative / Biographical History
This department had the statutory functions of valuation of lands and property, the compilation of the annual valuation roll and the registration of voters (Lands Valuation (Scotland) Act 1854, 17 & 18 Vict., c.91; Burgh Voters Registration (Scotland) Act 1856, 19 & 20 Vict., c.58, and succeeding Acts).
Under the 1856 Act (later amended), the sheriff was required to hold annual Burgh Registration Courts to revise the electoral roll, that is, to dispose of claims to be enrolled, or objections against electors already on the roll. In the 1890s valuation was highly complex, with 24 separate assessments, some paid by owners, some by occupiers, and some shared equally between them. The department continued until 1975, when it transferred to Strathclyde Regional Council.
Access Information
Open
Access restrictions may apply. Please contact the Archives for further information.
Other Finding Aids
Descriptive list available at Glasgow City Archives (some uncatalogued material)
Computer indexes are available for the valuation rolls for 1861, 1881 and 1911
Database of photographs, some of which are also available on the Virtual Mitchell (www.mitchelllibrary.org)
Conditions Governing Use
Application for reproduction should be made to the Archivist
Related Material
Glasgow City Archives, Glasgow Burgh Appeal Court, B7, 1858 - 1960
Bibliography
'Municipal Glasgow: Its Evolution and Enterprises' (Glasgow Corporation, 1914), pp.315-325 'Glasgow: A Short Account of the Municipal Undertakings… ' (Glasgow Corporation, 1938), pp.15-18. Glasgow and West of Scotland Property Index, 1884-1960Corporate Names