Series
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and...
Catalogue reference: MAF 245
What's it about?
MAF 245
Minutes, agenda and reports of meetings, and working files of the Agricultural Land Commission and the Welsh Agricultural Land Sub-commission. The series also includes two files concerning management and accounts at Crichel Down.
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 245
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Registered Files: Agricultural Land Commission (ALC Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1919-1964
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes, agenda and reports of meetings, and working files of the Agricultural Land Commission and the Welsh Agricultural Land Sub-commission. The series also includes two files concerning management and accounts at Crichel Down.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Papers relating to the Welsh Agricultural Land Sub-commission will be found in Welsh Office series (BD).
For records relating to Crichel Down see MAF 236
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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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ALC 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, Land Division I, Agricultural Land Commission, 1947-1953
- Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Land Division, Agricultural Land Commission, 1953-1955
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Land Division I, Agricultural Land Commission, 1955-1958
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Land Improvement Division, Agricultural Land Commission, 1958-1964
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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202 files and volumes
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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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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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1947
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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 Agricultural Land Commission was created under s68 of the Agriculture Act 1947, its function being to manage all farming land vested in the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, and to advise and assist him in matters relating to the management of agricultural land generally. It was dissolved in December 1963, when its functions were taken over by the Estate Management Committee of the ministry's Agricultural Land Service.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10645/
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: Registered Files: Agricultural Land Commission (ALC Series)