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Series
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and successors: Land Management Divisions:...
Catalogue reference: MAF 142
What's it about?
MAF 142
The ALM file series was opened for the use of the various divisions dealing with land management. The series is concerned with the administration of schemes and statutes for the use and management of land; acquisition, betterment and compensation...
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 142
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and successors: Land Management Divisions: Registered Files, Agricultural Land Management (ALM Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1922-1984
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Description (What the record is about)
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The ALM file series was opened for the use of the various divisions dealing with land management. The series is concerned with the administration of schemes and statutes for the use and management of land; acquisition, betterment and compensation and the serving of directions and dispossessions. The records of the Agricultural Land Service are also included and there are some files concerning the Crichel Down Inquiry and the eradication of bracken.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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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 from the ALM 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)
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ALM 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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Agricultural Development and Advisory Service, Lands Branch, Agricultural Land Service, 1971-1997
- Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Land Division I, Agricultural Land Service, 1948-1953
- Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Land Division, Agricultural Land Service, 1953-1955
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Land Division II, Agricultural Land Service, 1955-1958
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Land Management Division, Agricultural Land Service, 1958-1967
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Land Tenure Division, Agricultural Land Service, 1967-1971
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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724 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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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1972 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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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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1945 onwards
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10542/
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Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and successors: Land Management Divisions: Registered Files, Agricultural Land Management (ALM Series)
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