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Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and...
Catalogue reference: MAF 292
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MAF 292
This series contains files created following publication of the report of the Royal Commission on Common Land in 1958. They cover a range of subjects relating to common land, including papers on the preparation of the commission's report,...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MAF 292
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Registered Files: Common Land (CL Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1957-1965
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains files created following publication of the report of the Royal Commission on Common Land in 1958. They cover a range of subjects relating to common land, including papers on the preparation of the commission's report, comments thereon by government departments and outside organisations, policy papers on the recommendations, working parties and legislation arising from the same.
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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)
- CL 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)
- 55 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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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 Royal Commission on Common Land concluded that: 'As the last reserve of uncommitted land in England and Wales, common land ought to be preserved in the public interest. The public interest embraces both the creation of wider facilities for public access and an increase in the productivity of the land'.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10692/
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: Common Land (CL Series)