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Series
Ministry of Housing and Local Government: Registered Files: Wales Office Research...
Catalogue reference: BD 29
What's it about?
BD 29
This series consists of two series of files: the R series which are composed of technical comment on county development plans and reports on mineral resources in Wales; andthe RG series containing similar papers on a more general basis.The files...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BD 29
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Housing and Local Government: Registered Files: Wales Office Research Section (R and RG Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1943-1975
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of two series of files:
- the R series which are composed of technical comment on county development plans and reports on mineral resources in Wales; and
- the RG series containing similar papers on a more general basis.
The files emanate from the Welsh Offices of the Ministry of Town and Country Planning, Ministry of Local Government and Planning, and Ministry of Housing and Local Government.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Contemporary administrative, case and general files relating to local authority planning in Wales are in BD 28
A few files and papers from other regional offices are to be found in HLG 79
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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)
- R and RG file series
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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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- Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Wales Office, 1951-1964
- Ministry of Town and Country Planning, Welsh Regional Office, Research Section, 1943-1951
- Welsh Office, Research Section, 1965-1975
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 106 files and flat sheets
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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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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Research Section was established in 1943 as part of the Ministry of Town and Country Planning's Regional Planning Office in Cardiff. The section, like those at other regional offices of the ministry, consisted of a number of planners and research officers who provided technical advice and information to both local authorities and the headquarters of the ministry in London.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2805/
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