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Series
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and successors: Registered Files: Land Cultivation...
Catalogue reference: MAF 143
What's it about?
MAF 143
This series deals with wartime control of land and land cultivation under Defence Regulations for agricultural purposes and with the appointment and powers of War Agricultural Executive Committees. Subjects also include the ploughing up and...
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 143
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and successors: Registered Files: Land Cultivation (WAC Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1940-1966
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series deals with wartime control of land and land cultivation under Defence Regulations for agricultural purposes and with the appointment and powers of War Agricultural Executive Committees. Subjects also include the ploughing up and cultivation of lands, fen drainage, the improvement of fenland roads, the requisition, management and disposal of the Wissington Light Railway and notice to quit.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Files from the WAC 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)
- WAC 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)
- 51 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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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1939 to 1964
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10543/
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Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and successors: Registered Files: Land Cultivation (WAC Series)
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