Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Old Tramway Depot, St Helens Road.

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Swansea Corporation, later Swansea County Borough Council, later Swansea City Council, recordsBA, BE, EA, HE, LE, PL, TC and TR

Borough Architect's DepartmentS/BA/hub

Borough Engineer's DepartmentS/BE/hub

Records relating to ARP and air raid sheltersS/BE/1/hub

Correspondence ARP filesS/BE/1/1/hub

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea. The following documents give details of Public Air Raid Shelters in the Swansea Area. The documents record the name and type of shelter, accommodation capacity, date of authorisation, annual cost, date of commencement and completion, and any other remarks (includes whether destroyed by enemy action). Some also includes details of structure, lighting, ventilation and sanitation.S/BE/1/2/hub

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: 38 Castle Street (John Maxwells).BE 1/2/1

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: 1-4 De-la-Beche Street and 6-9 De-la-Beche Street.BE 1/2/2

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Castle Street (Meeks Shoes Ltd.).BE 1/2/3

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: 26-30 Union Street.BE 1/2/4

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Oddfellows Hall, the Dunns, Mumbles.BE 1/2/5

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Forward Movement Hall, Morriston.BE 1/2/6

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: 75 Mansel Street.BE 1/2/7

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Castle Buildings, Castle Street.BE 1/2/8

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Alexandra Road Public Library.BE 1/2/9

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: 32-34 St Helens Road. Includes plan.BE 1/2/10

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: 1-2 Sketty Road, Beck Hall.BE 1/2/11

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Red Triangle Club, Pleasant Street.BE 1/2/12

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: 1-4 Brunswick Place.BE 1/2/13

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Elysium, Labour Hall, High Street.BE 1/2/14

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Alexandra Arcade.BE 1/2/15

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Corner of Mansel Street and Cradock Street.BE 1/2/16

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Grand Hotel, High Street.BE 1/2/17

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Wassail Square.BE 1/2/18

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Glyn Vivian Art Gallery, Alexandra Road.BE 1/2/19

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: 257-258 Oxford Street.BE 1/2/20

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: 260-261 Oxford Street.BE 1/2/21

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Wesley Chapel, College Street.BE 1/2/22

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Mount Pleasant Chapel. Includes plans.BE 1/2/23

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Royal Hotel, Orchard Street.BE 1/2/24

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Rayners Place.BE 1/2/25

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Maxime Cinema.BE 1/2/26

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Old Tramway Depot, St Helens Road.BE 1/2/27

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: L.M.S Railway (St Thomas Station).BE 1/2/28

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Orange Street.BE 1/2/29

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Port Tennant Road (rear of).BE 1/2/30

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Rutland Street School.BE 1/2/31

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Gilbeys, Waterloo Street.BE 1/2/32

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Rees-Evan, Northampton Place.BE 1/2/33

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Pell Street.BE 1/2/34

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: 8-10 Northampton Place.BE 1/2/35

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Newton Street (car park).BE 1/2/36

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Howell Street.BE 1/2/37

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: 11-12 Cambrian Place.BE 1/2/38

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Croft Street.BE 1/2/39

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Mirador Crescent.BE 1/2/40

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Dolphin Bridge, Neath Road.BE 1/2/41

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Hafod Bridge.BE 1/2/42

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Nelson Terrace Nursery School.BE 1/2/43

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Albert Row.BE 1/2/44

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Glantawe Street.BE 1/2/45

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Hills Colliery, Clydach.BE 1/2/46

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: William Street.BE 1/2/47

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Plaza Forecourt.BE 1/2/48

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Madoc Place.BE 1/2/49

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: 22-23 Walter Road.BE 1/2/50

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Marks & Spencer, Oxford Street.BE 1/2/51

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: St Josephs School, Caepistyll Street.BE 1/2/52

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Arches: Little Wind Street, Fabian Street, 17 Harbour Road, Padleys Yard, 17, 26-27 Strand.BE 1/2/53

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Sway Road, Morriston.BE 1/2/54

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Welcome Lane.BE 1/2/55

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Mariner street. Includes plan.BE 1/2/56

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Pentrepoeth Road, Morriston.BE 1/2/57

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Twyn-y-Rhodwn Cottages, Neath Road, Llansamlet.BE 1/2/58

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: The Smiths Arms, Llansamlet.BE 1/2/59

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Broadway, Sketty.BE 1/2/60

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Northampton Place (Island site).BE 1/2/61

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Belle-Vue Street.BE 1/2/62

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Brynhyfryd Square.BE 1/2/63

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Neath Road (opposite Landore Cinema).BE 1/2/64

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Neath Road (opposite Cwm Level Road).BE 1/2/65

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Castle Billiard Hall and Park Street Billiard Hall.BE 1/2/66

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: St Pauls, St Helens Road.BE 1/2/67

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Orange Street (Holts).BE 1/2/68

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Libanus Chapel.BE 1/2/69

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Port Tennant Road (Reginald Street).BE 1/2/70

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Mansel House.BE 1/2/71

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Gower Road, Killay (near Black Boy Public House).BE 1/2/72

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Carmarthen Road, Fforestfach.BE 1/2/73

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Grove, Uplands.BE 1/2/74

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Recreation Ground, Southend.BE 1/2/75

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Cockett Road (at Garnllwyd Road).BE 1/2/76

Public Air Raid Shelters in Swansea: Jersey Road, Bonymaen.BE 1/2/77

Bundle of ARP shelter forms for the following sites: Guildhall; Llansamlet Park; Singleton Park; Maesteg Housing site, St Thomas; Ravenhill Park and Oystermouth Castle Grounds.BE 1/2/78

Miscellaneous ARP papersS/BE/1/3/hub

Unfit housesS/BE/2/hub

Street lightingS/BE/9/hub

Planning consent documents and plans relating to properties in the County Borough of Swansea. The files typically contain the plans submitted for consideration by the council, along with any supporting paperwork. Each is stamped by the various departments they passed through, and the councils decision is given. The item number is the application number assigned at the beginning of the planning process: it is used at every stage of the process, for example in council minute books, and in the various planning registers listed as BE 31-35.S/BE/30/hub

Registers of applications, consents and refusals for planning. These registers record details of planning applications received, including the applicants name, the street and parish in which the development is planned, particulars of development, and details of the decision.S/BE/31/hub

Registers of Applications for Building LicencesS/BE/32/hub

Records relating to building controlS/BE/33/hub

Records relating to housingS/BE/34/hub

Registers of applications, consents and refusals for planning. These registers constitute a record of the various stages of the planning process in Swansea. They include the location and description of the application, name of the applicant (some also include the name of the architect or builder), the date of consent, application or refusal, depending on the nature of the record, and the plan number. The plan to which this refers can be found, if it is still in existence, among the building plans listed as BE 30.S/BE/35/hub

Report BooksS/BE/36/hub

Building controls recordsS/BE/37/hub

Plans of properties in LandoreS/BE/38/hub

PhotographsS/BE/39/hub

Set of photographs showing the development of the East Side Road (now known as Fabian Way), during the 1950s and 1960s.S/BE/40/hub

Miscellaneous photographs from the Borough Engineers DepartmentS/BE/41/hub

General Correspondence Files. The following files include correspondence and in some instances, plans and bills of quantities.S/BE/51/hub

Files relating to war-damaged properties: general files, including some relating to reconstruction of Swansea town centre after the BlitzS/BE/52/hub

Preliminary reconstruction drawings of Swansea and other records, created by Ernest E. Morgan, Borough Architect, 1930s and c. 1943S/BE/55/hub

Miscellaneous filesS/BE/56/hub

Aerial mosaic photographs of Swansea, 1946. These aerial mosaic photographs of Swansea from Morriston to Mumbles were taken by the Royal Air Force in March 1946. They were either commissioned or subsequently purchased by the Swansea Corporation Borough Engineer and Surveyors Department and bound into volumes for ease of reference. Each volume covers a strip of land running east-westS/BE/100/hub

Ordnance Survey aerial photographs prepared from Air Photographs taken by the R.A.F, March 1946. Approximate scale 1:1250 or about 50 inches to 1 mile. The aerial photographs have been catalogued in more detail using National Grid references.S/BE/101/hub

Photographs of engineering works in Swansea, 1923-1979. This collection of photographs records various aspects of engineering work which was carried out by the Engineers Department of the Borough of Swansea. This includes properties designated for demolition, the development of new road layouts, and building works. The subjects covered are all within the pre-1974 boundaries of the City of Swansea. NB. The original numbering sequence for this collection has been retained, and consequently there are occasional gaps in the numbering sequence.S/BE/EN1P/hub

Photographs of engineering works in Swansea, 1979-1996. This collection of photographs records various aspects of engineering work which was carried out by the Engineer's Department of the Borough of Swansea. This includes properties designated for demolition, the development of new road layouts, and building works. NB. The original numbering sequence for this collection has been retained, and consequently there are occasional gaps in the numbering sequence.S/BE/EN1PR/hub

Borough Estate Agent's DepartmentS/EA/hub

Medical Officer of Health's DepartmentS/HE/hub

Swansea City Council: Leisure Services DepartmentS/LE/hub

Swansea City Council: Planning DepartmentS/PL/hub

Town Clerk's DepartmentS/TC/hub

Treasurer's DepartmentS/TR/hub