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Series
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and successors: Land Drainage and Water Supply...
Catalogue reference: MAF 77
What's it about?
MAF 77
Sealed copies of maps referred to in orders made by the ministers relating to the administrative areas of catchment boards, drainage districts, river boards, river authorities and water authorities, as well as maps relating to differential rating...
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 77
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and successors: Land Drainage and Water Supply Divisions: Orders Defining Administrative Boundaries of Local Boards, Districts and Authorities, Maps and Plans
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Date (When the record was created)
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1854-1987
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Description (What the record is about)
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Sealed copies of maps referred to in orders made by the ministers relating to the administrative areas of catchment boards, drainage districts, river boards, river authorities and water authorities, as well as maps relating to differential rating orders and exemption from rating orders made by drainage authorities. These maps are the definitive authority for their boundaries, but the series also includes some inherited maps relating to earlier land drainage legislation.
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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999 files, flat sheets and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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from 2005 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
from 1966 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
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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
- Resources
- Fishing
- Farming
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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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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There has been a national system of local drainage authorities since the Land Drainage Act 1930 established Catchment Boards (though two earlier conservancies, for the Thames and the Lee, survived), replaced in 1948 by River Boards (main arterial watercourses) and Internal Drainage Boards. The agriculture minister has had responsibility for the constitutions and boundaries of the various drainage authorities. In 1978 the Welsh Office took over from Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food responsibility for land drainage and water supply in Wales.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10478/
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