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Ministry of Housing and Local Government: Hatfield Gale Inquiry Transcript
Catalogue reference: HLG 163
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HLG 163
This series contains the transcript of the Hatfield Gale inquiry, made at the time.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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HLG 163
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Housing and Local Government: Hatfield Gale Inquiry Transcript
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Date (When the record was created)
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1958
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains the transcript of the Hatfield Gale inquiry, made at the time.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Building Research Station records, including a copy of the published report, are in DSIR 4
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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)
- Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Hatfield Gale Inquiry, 1958-1958
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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10 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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in 2010 Department for Communities and Local Government
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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Ministry of Housing and Local Government 1958-1970; Department of the Environment 1970-1997; Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 1997-2001; Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions 2001- 2002; Office of the Deputy Prime Minister 2002-2006; Department for Communities and Local Government 2006 on.
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Not accruing.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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The complete set of hearings transcripts has been preserved.
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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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The Hatfield Gale inquiry was held for ten days between 18 March 1958 and 23 May 1958 at Cavendish Hall, Roe Green Centre, Bishops Rise, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, under the chairmanship of Mr Michael Rowe, CBE, QC.
The purpose of the inquiry was to investigate the causes of damage to houses during a storm early on the morning of 4 November 1957.
Represented were the Hatfield Development Corporation, Hatfield Rural District, the architects, the contractors, the Aluminium Development Company and the Hatfield Residents Association.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16607/
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Within the department: HLG
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Ministry of Housing and Local Government: Hatfield Gale Inquiry Transcript