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Air Ministry and successors: Estates Branch: Civil and Military Airfields: Maps,...
Catalogue reference: AVIA 62
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AVIA 62
This series consists of an accumulation of maps and plans of civil airfields and of certain RAF airfields.Many of the record site plans are at 1:2,500 scale and are accompanied by schedules of buildings; other detailed plans show, for example,...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- AVIA 62
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Title (The name of the record)
- Air Ministry and successors: Estates Branch: Civil and Military Airfields: Maps, Plans and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1935-1968
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of an accumulation of maps and plans of civil airfields and of certain RAF airfields.
Many of the record site plans are at 1:2,500 scale and are accompanied by schedules of buildings; other detailed plans show, for example, electricity and water supply. The term "lands" describing individual pieces indicates maps showing the location of an airfield rather than detailed plans of the airfield as constructed. In many cases they show individual plots of land purchased for airfield construction or extension; some have attached a list of the original owners of such lands.
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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)
- 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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- Air Ministry, Civil Aviation Department, 1919-1945
- Board of Trade, Civil Aviation Department, 1966-1970
- Ministry of Aviation, 1959-1967
- Ministry of Civil Aviation, 1945-1953
- Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, 1953-1959
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 45 flat sheets and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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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)
- Transferred in whole or in part from Air Ministry custody to that of the newly-formed Ministry of Civil Aviation at the end of the Second World War.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2642/
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