Series
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.
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 239
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Land Use Division and successors: Registered Files, Smallholdings (SH Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1914-2008
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Description (What the record is about)
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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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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- SH 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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- 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
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 434 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1981 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1949 onwards
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- This series is accruing.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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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.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10639/
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 Use Division and successors: Registered Files, Smallholdings (SH Series)