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Ministry of Public Buildings and Works and Welsh Office: Plans and Drawings relating...
Catalogue reference: BD 101
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BD 101
This series contains a collection of plans and drawings fully illustrating the physical arrangements, seating plans and temporary structures erected within Caernarfon Castle and its environments to celebrate the investiture of Prince Charles as...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BD 101
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Public Buildings and Works and Welsh Office: Plans and Drawings relating to the Investiture of the Prince of Wales, 1969
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1968-1970
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains a collection of plans and drawings fully illustrating the physical arrangements, seating plans and temporary structures erected within Caernarfon Castle and its environments to celebrate the investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales in 1969. The collection includes a full survey of the castle made prior to the start of the preparations.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Colour slides of the occasion are in WORK 51
Plans for the 1969 ceremony, a small number of similar plans for the 1911 Investiture ceremony are in WORK 36
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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)
- 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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- Ministry of Public Building and Works, 1962-1970
- Welsh Office, 1965-1999
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 243 flat sheets and photographs
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Some plans have masking tape attached to the back.
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Maps and plans
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Transferred to the Ancient Monuments Board for Wales at an unknown date and then transferred to Cadw in 1991. Records returned to the Welsh Office prior to accession.
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No future accruals expected
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Complete set likely to be kept. It is believed that all the plans created survived. This shows the complete picture of all the works carried out.
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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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Responsibility for functions carried out by the Ministry of Public Buildings and Works were passed to the Welsh Office during 1969.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15132/
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Ministry of Public Buildings and Works and Welsh Office: Plans and Drawings relating to the Investiture of the Prince of Wales, 1969
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