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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Land Use Division and successors: Registered...

Catalogue reference: MAF 418

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MAF 418

Records produced by Land Use Division, chiefly concerning the establishment and operation of the Northern Pennine Rural Development Board, its winding up and settlement of its affairs. Some files relate to the Welsh Rural Development Board, and...

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Reference
MAF 418
Title
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Land Use Division and successors: Registered Files, Rural Development Boards (RDB Series)
Date
1966-1978
Description

Records produced by Land Use Division, chiefly concerning the establishment and operation of the Northern Pennine Rural Development Board, its winding up and settlement of its affairs. Some files relate to the Welsh Rural Development Board, and others refer to the possibility of establishing Boards for other areas.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
RDB series
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Land Use and Livestock Improvement Division, 1971-1972
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Land Use and Tenure Division, 1972-1996
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Land Use Division, 1966-1971
Physical description
56 file(s)
Access conditions
Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition

From 2002 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Accumulation dates
File series ran from 1966 to 1971
Accruals
No future accruals expected
Selection and destruction information
Selected under acquisition policy criteria 2.2.1.2 and 2.2.1.5 (documenting the impact of the policy and administrative processes of the state on the management of the economy and the formulation and delivery of social policies)
Administrative / biographical background

Under part III of the Agriculture Act 1967 Rural Development Boards in England and Wales were established. These were intended to develop the agricultural economies of under-developed (typically upland) parts of England and Wales by encouraging better land use (for example through farm amalgamations) and by assisting diversification into tourism or other businesses, so helping to counter rural depopulation and the loss of rural services. Always opposed by the opposition, the few existing Boards were wound up by the incoming Conservative administration in 1971.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15588/

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