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Commission for New Towns: Secretariat: Register of Seals (documents sealed)

Catalogue reference: FJ 5

What's it about?

FJ 5

This series contains Registers of Seals (i.e. sealing of documents) generated by the Secretariat Department of the Commission for New Towns. The registers usually record this information - document sealed; date of seal; date of order to seal;...

Full description and record details

Reference

FJ 5

Title

Commission for New Towns: Secretariat: Register of Seals (documents sealed)

Date

1961-1983

Description

This series contains Registers of Seals (i.e. sealing of documents) generated by the Secretariat Department of the Commission for New Towns. The registers usually record this information - document sealed; date of seal; date of order to seal; date of sealing; sealed in the presence of and documents signed by; date of order of cancellation.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
Commission for the New Towns, 1961-1961
Physical description

45 volume(s)

Access conditions

Open

Immediate source of acquisition

from 2006 English Partnerships

Accruals

Series is accruing

Selection and destruction information

Records selected by English Partnerships under TNA supervision under section 2.2.1.5, dealing with the provision of housing in urban areas

Administrative / biographical background

The Commission for New Towns (CNT) was set up under Part II of the New Towns Act 1959 and was launched in October 1961. It was set up to manage the property of the New Towns and Urban Development Corporations and Housing Action Trusts transferred to it. In 1999 it joined with the Urban Regeneration Agency to form English Partnerships, although it remains a separate legal entity.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16403/

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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew

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Within the department: FJ

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Commission for New Towns: Secretariat: Register of Seals (documents sealed)