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Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and...

Catalogue reference: MAF 239

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MAF 239

This series covers subjects such as liaison with county councils, tenants' regulations, selection of tenants, smallholdings committees and loans to smallholders, and include the records of the Wise Committee of Inquiry into Statutory Smallholdings.

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Reference

MAF 239

Title
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Land Use Division and successors: Registered Files, Smallholdings (SH Series)
Date

1914-2008

Description

This series covers subjects such as liaison with county councils, tenants' regulations, selection of tenants, smallholdings committees and loans to smallholders, and include the records of the Wise Committee of Inquiry into Statutory Smallholdings.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

SH file series

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, Land Division, 1903-1919
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 2001-2001
  • Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Land Division, 1919-1945
  • Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Land Use Division, 1946-1955
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1955-2001
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Land Tenure Division, 1966-1972
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Land Use and Smallholdings Division, 1962-1966
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Land Use and Tenure Division, 1972-1996
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Land Use Division, 1955-1962
Physical description

434 file(s)

Access conditions

Open unless otherwise stated

Immediate source of acquisition

From 1981 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Accumulation dates

1949 onwards

Accruals

This series is accruing.

Administrative / biographical background

The Agriculture Act 1947 laid a duty upon all county councils, other than the London County Council, in England and Wales to provide smallholdings for letting to persons with agricultural experience, and in particular, to farm workers in order to afford them an opportunity of becoming farmers in their own right.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10639/

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Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Land Use Division and successors: Registered Files, Smallholdings (SH Series)