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Records of the Ministry of Land and Natural Resources
Catalogue reference: Division within HLG
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Division within HLG
Records of the Ministry of Land and Natural Resources (otherwise in JH) inherited by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government in 1967 relating to responsibilities for ensuring use of natural resources and land in the national...
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Division within HLG
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Title (The name of the record)
- Records of the Ministry of Land and Natural Resources
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Date (When the record was created)
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1965-1967
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of the Ministry of Land and Natural Resources (otherwise in JH) inherited by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government in 1967 relating to responsibilities for ensuring use of natural resources and land in the national interest.
Declarations and limitations under the Law of Property Act 1925 regulating public access to commons are in HLG 59. Orders and certificates of apportionment of rent-charges under this and other acts are in HLG 61 and HLG 62 respectively. Certificates of redemption of such rent-charges are in HLG 63. Similar redemption certificates for corn rents under the Kendal Corn Rent Act 1932 are in HLG 64. Orders of exchange of lands under Enclosure Acts are in HLG 60. Maps of schemes of regulation under the Commons Act 1899 are in HLG 65
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Ministry of Housing and Local Government, 1951-1970
- Ministry of Land and Natural Resources, 1964-1967
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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7 series
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Common land
- Maps and plans
- Resources
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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A Minister of Land and Natural Resources was appointed in 1964 with responsibility for the availability and use of natural resources and land in the national interest. His department was primarily responsible for establishing a Land Commission and for leasehold reform.
In February 1967 the department was dissolved and its responsibilities for the projected Land Commission and leasehold reform passed to the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, together with those for the countryside, commons and allotments, and water resources in England.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C584/
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