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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.

Full description and record details

Reference

HLG 163

Title
Ministry of Housing and Local Government: Hatfield Gale Inquiry Transcript
Date

1958

Description

This series contains the transcript of the Hatfield Gale inquiry, made at the time.

Related material

Building Research Station records, including a copy of the published report, are in DSIR 4

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Hatfield Gale Inquiry, 1958-1958
Physical description

10 file(s)

Access conditions

Open

Immediate source of acquisition

in 2010 Department for Communities and Local Government

Custodial history

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.

Accruals

Not accruing.

Selection and destruction information

The complete set of hearings transcripts has been preserved.

Administrative / biographical background

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.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16607/

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Ministry of Housing and Local Government: Hatfield Gale Inquiry Transcript