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HEMEL HEMPSTEAD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR THE NEW TOWNS

Catalogue reference: CNT/HH

What’s it about?

This record is about the HEMEL HEMPSTEAD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR THE NEW TOWNS dating from 1946-1982.

Is it available online?

Maybe, but not on The National Archives website. This record is held at Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies.

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Full description and record details

Reference

CNT/HH

Title

HEMEL HEMPSTEAD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR THE NEW TOWNS

Date

1946-1982

Description

This catalogue represents part of a series of collections of Records of the Commission for the New Towns (reference CNT)

Which include:

CNT/HH Hemel Hempstead

CNT/ST Stevenage

CNT/WH Welwyn Garden City and Hatfield

Minutes

Development Corporation Minutes and Board Papers

Local Committee Minutes and Papers

Contracts Documents-with contracts Index

Contracts Bundles

Correspondence and other Files

Property Files

Property Files: schools and colleges

Property Files: Churches

Property Files: General

Roads and Stopping up of Road

Footpaths and Stopping up of Footpaths

Plan Folders

Adminstration and Policy

Outline Plan

Compulsory Purchase Orders

Formal Submissions to D.o.E

Social Services

Miscellaneous

Photographs and Films

Photographs

Aerial Photographs

Lantern Slides

Film Strips

Cine Films

Maps Plans and Drawings

Reports and Publications

Miscellaneous Items

Held by
Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies
Language

English

Creator(s)
<corpname>Commission for the New Towns, Hemel Hempstead Development Corporation, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire</corpname>
Physical description

7 series

Immediate source of acquisition

Off acc 467, 477 (part), 486 (part), 488, 495 (part)

Unpublished finding aids
<span class="wrapper"><p>The CD-ROM The New Towns Record (available in the Library reading Room) contains information, photographs, books and documents relating to all New Towns, including a complete set of annual reports.</p> <p>It includes copies of items held in HALS amongst the records of the Commission for the new Towns, though unfortunately it does not specify which items are held here and which are from other sources.</p> <p>Before using any items listed in this catalogue, please consult The New Towns Record</p></span>
Selection and destruction information

The present list of Hemel Hempstead Development Corporation records is preliminary only. Most of the records were deposited on the understanding that only those considered to be of sufficient historical interest should be retained permanently. The appearance of any item in this list should not, therefore, be taken as indicating that it will necessarily form part of the permanent archive.

Administrative / biographical background

Hemel Hempstead was the third New Town to be created under the New Towns Act 1946, being designated on 4 February 1947. On 1 April 1962 the Commission for the New Towns (which was established as a result of the New Towns Act 1959) took over the administration of the town from the Development Corporation by means of a Local Committee. In November 1982 the Commission closed its Hertfordshire Offices and certain of its records which were no longer required for current administrative purposes were transferred the County Record Office.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/99982534-2cae-4fa7-a250-6b266620dd55/

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HEMEL HEMPSTEAD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR THE NEW TOWNS