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Ministry of Works and successors: Public Health Engineers, Structural Engineers and...
Catalogue reference: WORK 85
What's it about?
WORK 85
This Series contains WS files from the Ministry of Works, including papers inherited from its predecessor, the Office of Works. The files relate to the work of Public Health Engineers, who provided advice on drainage, water supply and sanitary...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WORK 85
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Works and successors: Public Health Engineers, Structural Engineers and New Works Engineers: Registered Files (WS Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1918-1979
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Description (What the record is about)
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This Series contains WS files from the Ministry of Works, including papers inherited from its predecessor, the Office of Works.
The files relate to the work of Public Health Engineers, who provided advice on drainage, water supply and sanitary facilities at historic sites; Structural Engineers, who provided advice on structural matters at historic sites, where the Ministry of Works either managed them directly or had some input because of their historic nature; and New Works Engineers who provided mechanical and engineering services.
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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)
- WS
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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
- Ministry of Works, 1943-1962
- Ministry of Works and Buildings, 1940-1942
- Office of Works, 1851-1940
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 24 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2001 Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England
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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
- Resources
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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 English Heritage at its formation in 1984.
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Most files in the WS series have been destroyed as they are routine case files. This small selection concerns certain important sites or particular types of work (e.g. a floodlight installation, a restoration programme).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15357/
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Ministry of Works and successors: Public Health Engineers, Structural Engineers and New Works Engineers: Registered Files (WS Series)
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