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Series
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and...
Catalogue reference: MAF 137
What's it about?
MAF 137
Files of the Land Drainage, Water Supply and Machinery Division relating to land drainage machinery and surveying equipment; divisional drainage contract service - organisation and costings; development and staffing of field drainage and water...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MAF 137
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Land Drainage, Water Supply and Machinery Division Registered Files: Land Drainage: Machinery and Equipment (LDM Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1941-1966
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Description (What the record is about)
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Files of the Land Drainage, Water Supply and Machinery Division relating to land drainage machinery and surveying equipment; divisional drainage contract service - organisation and costings; development and staffing of field drainage and water supply service; and the custody and hire of pumping equipment. The series includes some earlier papers which were re-registered into the LDM file series.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For records on agricultural machinery see MAF 295
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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 file in the LDM series may also 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)
- LDM file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 16 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- 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
- Resources
- Food and drink
- Fishing
- Farming
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1949
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10537/
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