Series
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and...
Catalogue reference: MAF 185
What's it about?
MAF 185
The series contains files relating to schemes of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries to improve the quality of both hill farms and hill farm livestock. The HF series was raised in 1946 following that year's Hill Farming Act to deal with...
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 185
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Land Improvement and Livestock Improvement Divisions: Registered Files, Hill Farming (HF Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1944-1981
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Description (What the record is about)
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The series contains files relating to schemes of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries to improve the quality of both hill farms and hill farm livestock. The HF series was raised in 1946 following that year's Hill Farming Act to deal with grants for capital improvements for mountain, hill and heath farm land, but has also been used in conjunction with grants for improving upland livestock under the Livestock Rearing Act 1951 and other later livestock improvement schemes. It contains material on the Hill Farming Advisory Committee.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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In 1957 HF files dealing with the Hill Cow Subsidy and the Hill Sheep Schemes were re-registered into
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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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HF 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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- Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Livestock Improvement and Dairy Husbandry Division, 1946-1947
- Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Livestock Improvement, Dairy Husbandry and Hill Farming Division, 1947-1954
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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237 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 1973 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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1946 to 1981
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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/C10585/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: MAF
Records created or inherited by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Departments,...
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Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Land Improvement and Livestock Improvement Divisions: Registered Files, Hill Farming (HF Series)