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Series
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and...
Catalogue reference: MAF 136
What's it about?
MAF 136
Files of the various Land Drainage Divisions dealing with constitutional work under the Land Drainage Acts 1930 and 1961, the River Boards Act 1948 and Water Resources Act 1963. Subjects include the constitution, reorganisation or abolition of...
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 136
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Land Drainage Divisions: Registered Files, Constitution of Drainage Districts, etc (LDC Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1930-1981
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Description (What the record is about)
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Files of the various Land Drainage Divisions dealing with constitutional work under the Land Drainage Acts 1930 and 1961, the River Boards Act 1948 and Water Resources Act 1963. Subjects include the constitution, reorganisation or abolition of drainage authorities; the amendment of statutory maps; membership of River Boards and Catchment Boards; and the River Board General Transfer Scheme.
The series contains some pre-1949 re-registered material and some files re-registered from the RB file series: MAF 219
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Files in this series are arranged in former reference order within these accessions: MAF 136/1-37, MAF 136/38-342, MAF 136/343-372.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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A few files in the LDC series can be found in
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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LDC file series
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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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425 files and rolls
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
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Most files contain maps or plans.
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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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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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1949
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10536/
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Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Land Drainage Divisions: Registered Files, Constitution of Drainage Districts, etc (LDC Series)
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