Series
Office of Works and successors: Houses of Parliament: Registered Files
Catalogue reference: WORK 11
What's it about?
WORK 11
This series contains correspondence and papers and registered files relating to the maintenance of the old Palace of Westminster; the fire of 1834; the acquisition of land for the new Houses of Parliament and approaches; the design, erection,...
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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WORK 11
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Title (The name of the record)
- Office of Works and successors: Houses of Parliament: Registered Files
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Date (When the record was created)
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1709-1973
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains correspondence and papers and registered files relating to the maintenance of the old Palace of Westminster; the fire of 1834; the acquisition of land for the new Houses of Parliament and approaches; the design, erection, decoration, furnishing, equipment, regulation and maintenance of the same; the demolition and rebuilding, 1944 to 1952, of the war-damaged House of Commons; and the maintenance and equipment of the Palace since 1952.
There are a few papers relating to accommodation for state trials and trials of peers in Westminster Hall and the House of Lords, 1709-1873.
Most of the files were registered in the AE series, with a few relating to the roof of Westminster Hall in the AM series. Some earlier papers are in unregistered folders. A few files date from after the creation of the Department of the Environment and the Property Services Agency.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For related plans and drawings, see WORK 29
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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- Department of the Environment, 1970-1997
- Ministry of Public Building and Works, Controller Generals Division, 1967-1970
- Ministry of Public Building and Works, Directorate General of Works, 1962-1967
- Ministry of Works and Buildings, Directorate of Works, 1940-1942
- Ministry of Works and Planning, Directorate of Works, 1942-1943
- Ministry of Works, Directorate General of Works, 1946-1962
- Ministry of Works, Directorate of Works, 1943-1945
- Office of Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Buildings, Works Department, 1832-1851
- Office of Works, 1378-1832
- Office of Works, 1851-1940
- Office of Works, Architects and Surveyors Division, 1902-1914
- Office of Works, Architects Division, 1914-1920
- Office of Works, Directorate of Works, 1920-1940
- Office of Works, Surveyors Division, 1901-1901
- Property Services Agency, Directorate of Civil Accommodation, 1976-1990
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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708 boxes, files and rolls
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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from 2004 Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
from 1934 Office of Works
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14612/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: WORK
Records of the successive Works departments, and the Ancient Monuments Boards and...
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Office of Works and successors: Houses of Parliament: Registered Files