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Department for Culture, Media and Sport and predecessor: Statues and Memorials: Registered...

Catalogue reference: FM 41

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FM 41

This series contains files relating to the erection, maintenance, conservation and lighting of public statues and memorials, mainly in London. The files also contain papers relating to public interaction with these statues, through filming,...

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Reference
FM 41
Title
Department for Culture, Media and Sport and predecessor: Statues and Memorials: Registered Files
Date
1992-1999
Description

This series contains files relating to the erection, maintenance, conservation and lighting of public statues and memorials, mainly in London. The files also contain papers relating to public interaction with these statues, through filming, memorial services and correspondence. The files were originally registered across the following series: STA, STAMA, STARE, and STAWA. The files in the STAMA and STAWA series relate to Marble Arch and Wellington Arch respectively.

Arrangement

The files have been ordered alphabetically by the former file prefix (STA, STAMA, STARE and STAWA) and in numerical order of the former reference number within these prefixes.

Related material

For earlier records on statutes and memorials from the Office of Works and its successors, see WORK 20

Former department reference
STA; STAMA; STARE; STAWA
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 1997-2017
  • Department of National Heritage, 1992-1997
Physical description
file(s)
Access conditions
Records not yet transferred
Administrative / biographical background

The responsibility for statues and memorials in London was passed from the Department of the Environment to the Department of National Heritage in 1992.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C21466152/

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Department for Culture, Media and Sport and predecessor: Statues and Memorials: Registered Files