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Series
Land Drainage and Water Supply: Correspondence and Papers
Catalogue reference: MAF 49
What's it about?
MAF 49
Files of correspondence dealing mainly with Drainage and Catchment Authorities, and papers concerning the administration of the several Land Drainage Acts and related questions.Includes some files re-registered from the LDA file series (MAF 135),...
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MAF 49
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Title (The name of the record)
- Land Drainage and Water Supply: Correspondence and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1861-1957
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Description (What the record is about)
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Files of correspondence dealing mainly with Drainage and Catchment Authorities, and papers concerning the administration of the several Land Drainage Acts and related questions.
Includes some files re-registered from the LDA file series (MAF 135), the LDC file series (MAF 136), the LDM file series (MAF 137) and the LDW file series: MAF 222
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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1965 file(s)
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- Resources
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10450/
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