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Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and predecessors: Historic Buildings:...
Catalogue reference: PF 297
What's it about?
PF 297
This series contains records relating to the development of legislation; relationships with UNESCO, the Council of Europe, the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England and other heritage organisations; papers relating to the...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PF 297
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and predecessors: Historic Buildings: Registered Files (HSD series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1969-2006
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records relating to the development of legislation; relationships with UNESCO, the Council of Europe, the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England and other heritage organisations; papers relating to the Historic Hospitals taskforce; heritage policy across a variety of issues, including monument protection, listed building policies, sustainable communities, street furniture, tourism and historic gardens, as well as proposals for world heritage sites.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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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)
- HSD
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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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- Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 1997-2017
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, 2017-2017
- Department of National Heritage, 1992-1997
- Department of the Environment, 1970-1997
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 386 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2024 Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
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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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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Department for the Environment 1992; Department of National Heritage 1992-1997; Department for Culture, Media and Sport 1997-2017; Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport 2017-present.
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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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In 1992 policy responsibility for heritage matters was transferred to the Department for National Heritage from the Department of the Environment. In October 1994 responsibility for the Conservation Unit (a specialist team which advised government on the upkeep of the historic fabric of their buildings) was transferred from the Department of the Environment to the Department for National Heritage.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17464835/
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