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Series
Ministry of Food: National Farm Survey Maps
Catalogue reference: MAF 73
What's it about?
MAF 73
Maps prepared in conjunction with the individual farm records of the National Farm Survey. The maps show the extent of each farm, or other agricultural holding, with its boundaries. They are Ordnance Survey sheets at either the 6 inch (1:10560)...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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MAF 73
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Food: National Farm Survey Maps
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Date (When the record was created)
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1941-1943
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Description (What the record is about)
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Maps prepared in conjunction with the individual farm records of the National Farm Survey. The maps show the extent of each farm, or other agricultural holding, with its boundaries. They are Ordnance Survey sheets at either the 6 inch (1:10560) or 25 inch (1:2500) scales (but in the latter case reduced photographically to 1:5000 (13 inches approx. to the mile). Certain map sheets are missing or were never completed. Areas not covered were, of course, large urban areas and areas generally of waste land and maps concerning areas of sea.
The area of each farm is indicated on the map by the use of a colour wash, and its code number is added in black ink. The Ordnance Survey sheet references where detached portions of a farm may be found are also often given. Reference to the individual fields of a farm is through the Ordnance Survey parcel numbers which form part of a 1:2500 map sheet but not sheets at the 1:10560 scale. Where the latter have been used, the parcel numbers have been added in manuscript. Sometimes the names of farmers and their addresses, and details of land usage, have been included on the maps.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Arranged by county and then by Ordnance Survey sheet number. MAF 73/64 is a set of index maps for each county.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Further records of the National Farm Survey and individual farm returns are held in MAF 32
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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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)
- Ministry of Food, General Department, Statistics Division, 1941-1947
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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64 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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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
- Maps and plans
- Food and drink
- Farming
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- A copy of the county index map sheets is available in the reading rooms at The National Archives, Kew.
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Geraldine Beech and Rose Mitchell, Maps for Family and Local History (Kew, 2004), chapter 4. Brian Short, Charles Watkins, William Foot and Phil Kinsman, The National Farm Survey 1941-43 (Wallingford, 1999).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10474/
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