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NTW - Warrington and Runcorn Development Corporation - 1710-2001

1 - Runcorn Development Corporation

1 - The Board

2 - General Manager

3 - Secretary and Chief Administrative Officer

4 - Chief Finance Officer

5 - Chief Legal Officer

6 - Chief Architect and Planning Officer

1 - Files - 1966-1970

2 - Contract files - 1968-1977

3 - Photographs

4 - Albums of photographs - 1960s-1970s

5 - Aerial Survey of Runcorn New Town - May 1965

6 - Main photograph and slide Series

1 - Photographic slide Series: all aspects of Runcorn New Town development including drawings and models - c1964-1985

1 - Topography: Willaston (Wirral) Conservation area - c1964-1985

2 - Topography: Canals in Cheshire - c1964-1985

3 - Topography: River Mersey - c1964-1985

4 - Topography: Ship canal and docks - c1964-1985

5 - Topography: Runcorn- Widnes Bridges - c1964-1985

6 - Topography: Runcorn- Widnes Bridges - c1964-1985

7 - Topography: Fiddler's Ferry Power Station - c1964-1985

8 - Topography: River Weaver and Weaver Navigation - c1964-1985

9 - Topography: Bridgewater canal- Top locks - c1964-1985

10 - Topography: Bridgewater canal- The Barge - c1964-1985

11 - Topography: Runcorn Old Town - c1964-1985

12 - Topography: Higher Runcorn Quarries - c1964-1985

13 - Topography: The Castle, Halton - c1964-1985

14 - Topography: Library and Almshouses, Halton - c1964-1985

15 - Topography: Library Demolition and Houses, Halton - c1964-1985

16 - Topography: Main Street, Halton - c1964-1985

17 - Topography: Spark Lane and Summer Lane - c1964-1985

18 - Planning: Regional Location - c1964-1985

19 - Planning: Stategic planning for the North West - c1964-1985

20 - Planning: Stategic planning for the North West - c1964-1985

21 - Planning: Stategic planning for the North West - c1964-1985

22 - Planning: The Designated Area - c1964-1985

23 - Planning: The Draft Master Plan - c1964-1985

24 - Planning: The Master Plan - c1964-1985

25 - Planning: Model of the Master Plan - c1964-1985

26 - Planning: Master Plan Amendment No 1- Urban Renewal - c1964-1985

27 - Planning: Master Plan Amendment No 1- Urban Renewal Models - c1964-1985

28 - Planning: Master Plan Amendment No 2- Sandymoor Area - c1964-1985

29 - Planning: Master Plan Amendment No 2- the 1:2500 Twon Model - c1964-1985

30 - Communications/ Utilities: External Communications- Runcorn East - c1964-1985

31 - Communications/ Utilities: Expressway, Road, Bridges - c1964-1985

32 - Communications/ Utilities: Expressway, Road, Bridges- under construction - c1964-1985

33 - Communications/ Utilities: Expressway views - c1964-1985

34 - Communications/ Utilities: Street Lighting - c1964-1985

35 - High Street Coulm- erection sequence - c1964-1985

36 - Communications/ Utilities: Busway Diagrams - c1964-1985

37 - Communications/ Utilities: Busway in Housing Areas - c1964-1985

38 - Communications/ Utilities: Busway; Castlefields, Windmill Hill, Palace Fields - c1964-1985

39 - Communications/ Utilities: Busway in the Town Centre (Shopping City) - c1964-1985

40 - Communications/ Utilities: Busway: Bus Stop and Southern Elevated Track - c1964-1985

41 - Communications/ Utilities: Busway in Industrail Areas - c1964-1985

42 - Communications/ Utilities: Busway in the Old Town - c1964-1985

43 - Communications/ Utilities: Drainage - c1964-1985

44 - Communications/ Utilities: Sewage Works - c1964-1985

45 - Communications/ Utilities: Water supply- Resevoirs - c1964-1985

46 - Town Centre: Central Area Drawings - c1964-1985

47 - Town Centre: Central Area Sketches - c1964-1985

48 - Town Centre: Central Area Models - c1964-1985

49 - Town Centre: Central Shopping Complex Drawings - c1964-1985

50 - Town Centre: Central Shopping Complex Models - c1964-1985

51 - Town Centre: Central Shopping Complex Construction - c1964-1985

52 - Town Centre: Central Shopping Complex Exteriors - c1964-1985

53 - Town Centre: Central Shopping Complex Exteriors; Busway, Westway and Eastway - c1964-1985

54 - Town Centre: Central Shopping Complex Exteriors, Eastway looking South - c1964-1985

55 - Town Centre: Central Shopping Complex Interiors- Malls - c1964-1985

56 - Town Centre: Central Shopping Complex Interiors- Malls - c1964-1985

57 - Town Centre: Central Shopping Complex Town Square - c1964-1985

58 - Town Centre: Central Shopping Complex Town Square, from Gallery - c1964-1985

59 - Town Centre: Northern Loop, Civic Buildings- Law Courts - c1964-1985

60 - Town Centre: Northern Loop, Civic Buildings- Interiors - c1964-1985

61 - Town Centre: Northern Loop, Civic Buildings- Courts - c1964-1985

62 - Town Centre: Northern Loop, Civic Buildings- Police Sub- Divisional Headquarters - c1964-1985

63 - Town Centre: Northern Loop, Civic Buildings- Public Library - c1964-1985

64 - Town Centre: Northern Loop, Offices- Grosvenor House - c1964-1985

65 - Town Centre: Northern Loop, Offices- Rutland House/ Bus Station - c1964-1985

66 - Town Centre: Northern Loop, Offices- Escalators, signs, deck level, travel shop - c1964-1985

67 - Town Centre: Northern Loop, Offices- Site C2 Abortive Scheme - c1964-1985

68 - Town Centre: Southern Loop

69 - Town Centre: Southern Loop- Stitching Platform - c1964-1985

70 - Town Centre: Southern Loop- Diorama showing proposed department store - c1964-1985

71 - Town Centre: Western Zone - c1964-1985

72 - Town Centre: Eastern Zone - c1964-1985

73 - Town Centre: District meeting heating station - c1964-1985

74 - Employment Areas: Site location - c1964-1985

75 - Employment Areas: Exteriors; the vehicular approach - c1964-1985

76 - Employment Areas: Exteriors; the pedestrian approach - c1964-1985

77 - Employment Areas: Exteriors; the pedestrian approach - c1964-1985

78 - Employment Areas: Exteriors; yards, pedestrian approach, from busway, interiors, from expressway - c1964-1985

79 - Employment Areas: Exteriors; from expressway - c1964-1985

80 - Employment Areas: Phase 13; exteriors and interiors - c1964-1985

81 - Employment Areas: Phase 15; drawings, model, exteriors - c1964-1985

82 - Employment Areas: Phase 15; exteriors, signs! - c1964-1985

83 - Employment Areas: Phase 18; drawings - c1964-1985

84 - Employment Areas: Phase 23; drawings - c1964-1985

85 - Employment Areas: Development on leasehold sites; Schreiber exteriors - c1964-1985

86 - Employment Areas: Development on leasehold sites; Schreiber exteriors - c1964-1985

87 - Employment Areas: Developments on leasehold sites; Schreiber exteriors, interiors - c1964-1985

88 - Employment Areas: Developments on leasehold sites; CC Spice - c1964-1985

89 - Employment Areas: Developments on leasehold sites; other sites - c1964-1985

90 - Employment Areas: Whitehouse; general/ advance employment units - c1964-1985

91 - Employment Areas: Whitehouse; Phases 1/2 - c1964-1985

92 - Employment Areas: Whitehouse; Phase 3 - c1964-1985

93 - Employment Areas: Bass Brewery - c1964-1985

94 - Employment Areas: Bass Brewery from Northwich Road Rockery - c1964-1985

95 - Employment Areas: Guinness Kegging Plant - c1964-1985

96 - Employment Areas: YKK - c1964-1985

97 - Employment Areas: British Gypsum/ Cearns & Brown - c1964-1985

98 - Employment Areas: Bridon Composites - c1964-1985

99 - Employment Areas: Manor Park General - c1964-1985

100 - Employment Areas: Manor Park 101/102- Aragon Court/ Boleyn Court - c1964-1985

101 - Employment Areas: Manor Park 101/102 - c1964-1985

102 - Employment Areas: Manor Park; proposed unit for ICI - c1964-1985

103 - Employment Areas: Manor Park 105 - c1964-1985

104 - Rented Housing: Halton Brook, phase 1 - c1964-1985

105 - Rented Housing: Halton Brook; houses - c1964-1985

106 - Rented Housing: Halton Brook; Phase 2, 3 storey houses/bungalows - c1964-1985

107 - Rented Housing: Halton Brook; local centre- flats/shops - c1964-1985

108 - Rented Housing: Halton Brook; dilapidations - c1964-1985

109 - Rented Housing: The Brow, elevations - c1964-1985

110 - Rented Housing: The Brow, exterior views - c1964-1985

111 - Rented Housing: The Brow, views to Halton Castle - c1964-1985

112 - Rented Housing: Castlefields; precedent/drawings/models - c1964-1985

113 - Rented Housing: Castlefields; sectional elevation - c1964-1985

114 - Rented Housing: Castlefields; construction - c1964-1985

115 - Rented Housing: Castlefields; general views - c1964-1985

116 - Rented Housing: Castlefiedls; deck blocks - c1964-1985

117 - Rented Housing: Castlefields; deck blocks and spaces between - c1964-1985

118 - Rented Housing: Castlefields; houses/bungalows - c1964-1985

119 - Rented Housing: Castlefields; bungalows - c1964-1985

120 - Rented Housing: Castlefields; local centre - c1964-1985

121 - Rented Housing: Halton Lodge - c1964-1985

122 - Rented Housing: Halton Lodge - c1964-1985

123 - Rented Housing: Palace Fields; phase 1 - c1964-1985

124 - Rented Housing: Palace Fields; views - c1964-1985

125 - Rented Housing: Palace Fields; phase 1A South (Lapwing Grove) - c1964-1985

126 - Rented Housing: Palace Fields; phase 1A North (Charlton Close)/ Phase 2 (Uplands & The Knoll) - c1964-1985

127 - Rented Housing: Palace Fields; phase 3 - c1964-1985

128 - Rented Housing: Palace Fields; local centre - c1964-1985

129 - Rented Housing: Palace Fields; shops looking towards busway - c1964-1985

130 - Rented Housing: Palace Fields; sheltered housing (Dorset Court) - c1964-1985

131 - Rented Housing: Palace Fields; Hallwood Moat (Marsh Garden) - c1964-1985

132 - Rented Housing: Southgate; site assesment sketch - c1964-1985

133 - Rented Housing: Southgate; Phase 1/1A- models/construction - c1964-1985

134 - Rented Housing: Southgate; Phase 1/1A- views - c1964-1985

135 - Rented Housing: Southgate; views, deck side - c1964-1985

136 - Rented Housing: Southgate entrance - c1986

137 - Rented Housing: Southgate; phase 2 - c1964-1985

138 - Rented Housing: Southgate; general views - c1964-1985

139 - Rented Housing: Brookvale; phase 1 - c1964-1985

140 - Rented Housing: Brookvale; phase 2 - c1964-1985

141 - Rented Housing: Brookvale; phase 2 views - c1964-1985

142 - Rented Housing: Murdishaw; phase 1 - c1964-1985

143 - Rented Housing: Murdishaw; phase 2A/C - c1964-1985

144 - Rented Housing: Murdishaw; phase 2A/C views - c1964-1985

145 - Rented Housing: Murdishaw; phase 3 - c1964-1985

146 - Rented Housing: Murdishaw; interiors- The Drohan Family - c1964-1985

147 - Rented Housing: Murdishaw; phase 4 - c1964-1985

148 - Rented Housing: Murdishaw; phase 4 - c1964-1985

149 - Rented Housing: Windmill Hill; phase 1 - c1964-1985

150 - Rented Housing: Windmill Hill; views, bungalows - c1964-1985

151 - Rented Housing: Windmill Hill; phase 2 - c1964-1985

152 - Rented Housing: Windmill Hill; bungalows - c1964-1985

153 - Rented Housing: Ellesmere Street; models - c1964-1985

154 - Rented Housing: Ellesmere Street; Bridge Street Improvements - c1964-1985

155 - Rented Housing: Ellesmere Street; St John's Brow - c1964-1985

156 - Rented Housing: Ellesmere Street; 3-Storey Terraces (fronting Bridge Street) - c1964-1985

157 - Rented Housing: Ellesmere Street; 3-Storey Terraces (south elevation facing Sutherland Court) - c1964-1985

158 - Rented Housing: Ellesmere Street; pedestrian circulation/houses - c1964-1985

159 - Rented Housing: Ellesmere Street; houses, Sutherland Court - c1964-1985

160 - Private Housing: Whelmar- Beechwood West - c1964-1985

161 - Private Housing: Halton Village, Castlefields - c1964-1985

162 - Private Housing: Palacefields - c1964-1985

163 - Private Housing: Brookvale - c1964-1985

164 - Private Housing: Murdishaw- Whelmar - c1964-1985

165 - Private Housing: Windmill Hill - c1964-1985

166 - Private Housing: Norton Cross - c1964-1985

167 - Private Housing: Sandymoor - c1964-1985

168 - Private Housing: Sandymoor, diagrams and sketches - c1964-1985

169 - Private Housing: Sandymoor, aerial views - c1964-1985

170 - Private Housing: Sandymoor (Preston Brook, Cape-Clifton Road, Poco-Moughland Lane, Wimpey-Grangeways, Whelmar- Delamere Park) - c1964-1985

171 - Private Housing: Housing Associations - c1964-1985

172 - Private Housing: Housing design in general - c1964-1985

173 - Amenities: Churches - c1964-1985

174 - Amenities: Health and Welfare- Health Centres - c1964-1985

175 - Amenities: St Paul's Health Centre - c1964-1985

176 - Amenities: Elderly person's homes - c1964-1985

177 - Amenities: Crest Hotel, Beechwood - c1964-1985

178 - Amenities: Crest Hotel, Beechwood - c1964-1985

179 - Amenities: Crest Hotel, Beechwood - c1964-1985

180 - Amenities: Public Houses - c1964-1985

181 - Amenities: Norton Primary Comprehensive School - c1964-1985

182 - Amenities: Play facilities - c1964-1985

183 - Amenities: Play areas - c1964-1985

184 - Amenities: social recreation, community centres, clubs - c1964-1985

185 - Amenities: Sports facilities (indoor) - c1964-1985

186 - Amenities: Town Park - c1964-1985

187 - Amenities: Other open spaces - c1964-1985

188 - Amenities: Other open spaces - c1964-1985

189 - Amenities: Norton Priory; drawings, old prints and photographs - c1964-1985

190 - Amenities: Norton Priory; views of excavated remains - c1964-1985

191 - Amenities: Norton Priory; undercroft - c1964-1985

192 - Amenities: Norton Priory; masonry details, graves - c1964-1985

193 - Amenities: Norton Priory; floor tiles, ceramic finds - c1964-1985

194 - Amenities: Norton Priory; other objects - c1964-1985

195 - Amenities: Norton Priory; gardens and garden buildings - c1964-1985

196 - Amenities: Norton Priory; museum projects, temporary exhibition - c1964-1985

197 - Amenities: Norton Priory; museum - c1964-1985

198 - Amenities: Norton Priory walled garden - c1964-1985

199 - Amenities: Norton Priory; town art - c1964-1985

200 - Other Activities, Places: Promotional activities, Liverpool Show - 1968-1973

201 - Other Activities, Places: Promotional activities, Liverpool Show - 1973

202 - Other Activities, Places: Promotional activities, refurbishment of Lime Street Housing Information Office - c1964-1985

2 - Photograph Series: mainly black & white photographs re all aspects of Runcorn New Town development including drawings and models - c1964-1985

7 - Plans

8 - Planning application registers

9 - Aerial photographs - 1992-1995

10 - Aerial photographs - 1990-1992

11 - Runcorn Industry, transparencies - undated

7 - Chief Social Development Officer

2 - Warrington, later Warrington and Runcorn Development Corporation