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Ministry of Aviation and successors: Aerodromes (General) Division, Branch GA 2,...
Catalogue reference: AVIA 86
What's it about?
AVIA 86
This series contains files of Branch GA2 of the Aerodromes (General) Division of the Ministry of Aviation and its successor, the Civil Aviation Department, in the Board of Trade.Included are files which deal with the planning and development of...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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AVIA 86
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Aviation and successors: Aerodromes (General) Division, Branch GA 2, and Civil Aviation Division 3: Registered Files (ER Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1952-1978
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains files of Branch GA2 of the Aerodromes (General) Division of the Ministry of Aviation and its successor, the Civil Aviation Department, in the Board of Trade.
Included are files which deal with the planning and development of aerodromes, their future use and ownership, and also Committee papers dealing with the problems of noise.
Policy and precedent files concerning the planning and development of aerodromes and airfields in the UK have been selected for permanent preservation. Some files relate to specific aerodromes.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The ER prefix was created in 1960, and one file was re-registered to the series from APB. The prefix remained in use until 1980 when it was replaced by the AP series.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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For files re-registered into XW series see
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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)
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ER file series
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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)
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- Board of Trade, Civil Aviation Division, 1967-1970
- Department of Trade and Industry, Civil Aviation Division, 1970-1974
- Ministry of Aviation, Aerodromes General Division, 1959-1966
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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73 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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From 1995 Department of Transport
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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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- Topics
- Trade and commerce
- Air transport
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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General administrative and case files have been destroyed.
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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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Aerodromes General Division was created in the Ministry of Aviation in 1959. It was transferred to the Board of Trade in 1966 when the Ministry of Aviation was dissolved and renamed the Civil Aviation Division. It was responsible for the planning and development of aerodromes in the UK.
Branch 2 was responsible for HQ aspects of the groups III and IV aerodromes, (Scottish Highlands and Islands, Lands End and Scillies), non-state aerodromes (including licensing and financial aid), heliports (including Penzance), and charging policy in respect of aerodromes including en route navigation, landing fees, housing and parking of aircraft, and financial matters for Biggin Hill Aerodrome.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2666/
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