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QS
Title
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- 1889 - 1965 (Creation)
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Administrative history
The Borough of Croydon was awarded a separate Court of Quarter Sessions by grant of Queen Victoria, dated 25 June 1889 (i.e. shortly after Croydon had achieved County Borough status). The Court came to an end with the County Borough in April 1965. Quarter Sessions Courts dealt with criminal cases, and with licensing matters.
Repository
Archival history
After the Courts jurisdiction had ended, the records passed into the custody of the South-East London Quarter Sessions, and were deposited in Croydon Public Libraries by the Deputy Clerk of the Peace in September 1969. They are Public Records, held by authority of the Lord Chancellor under the provisions of the Public Records Act 1958 s.4.1.
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Scope and content
Records of Croydon County Borough Quarter Sessions, including minute books, calendars of prisoners, indictments, depositions and certificates and Highway Diversion Orders.
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Conditions governing access
Some of the records in our collections contain sensitive and personal data that we have a legal responsibility to control access to. In these circumstances, staff may search the collection on your behalf, having received consent or proof of death of the individual concerned.
Please contact us at archives@croydon.gov.uk for further information regarding the particular collection you wish to access.
You can make a request for information which may be in a closed record under the Freedom of Information Act, 2000 or the Environmental Information Regulations, 2004. For more information about making a request, see the Croydon Council website (www.croydon.gov.uk). Making a request does not guarantee access to the information you ask for, as there may be a valid exemption from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.
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Description control area
Description identifier
GB-352-qs
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Dates of creation revision deletion
24/06/2015