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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food; Land Tenure Divisions and Agricultural...
Catalogue reference: MAF 348
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MAF 348
This series contains records of various Land Tenure Divisions and of the Agricultural Land Service relating to the management of land transferred to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food from the Agricultural Land Commission following...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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MAF 348
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food; Land Tenure Divisions and Agricultural Land Service: Registered Files, Management of Land Transferred from the Agricultural Land Commission (ML Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1952-1979
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records of various Land Tenure Divisions and of the Agricultural Land Service relating to the management of land transferred to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food from the Agricultural Land Commission following its abolition in December 1963. The commission was replaced by the Estate Management Committee, whose minutes are included in the series. There are also examples to illustrate the ministry's policy as landlord including the estate at Laxton, Nottinghamshire, which is the last place in Europe where a medieval open-field agricultural system is still practised.
Most files dealing with particular estates contain plans or maps.
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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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ML 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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- Agricultural Development and Advisory Service, Lands Branch, 1971-1997
- Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Land Division I, Agricultural Land Service, 1948-1953
- Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Land Division, Agricultural Land Service, 1953-1955
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Land Division II, Agricultural Land Service, 1955-1958
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Land Management Division, Agricultural Land Service, 1958-1967
- 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
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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59 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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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food , from 1996
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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1963 onwards
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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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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 replaced by the Estate Management Committee (EMC), supported by the headquarters divisions, with the Agricultural Land Service (ALS) continuing to act as the local land agent. The committee was composed of senior staff from the divisions and ALS, and chaired by the Director of the ALS. Properties handled by the Welsh Agricultural Land Sub-Commission were transferred to the Welsh Department.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10748/
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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food; Land Tenure Divisions and Agricultural Land Service: Registered Files, Management of Land Transferred from the Agricultural Land Commission (ML Series)