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Ministry of Transport and Welsh Office: Divisional Road Engineer's Office: Registered...
Catalogue reference: BD 31
What's it about?
BD 31
This registered file series originated in the Welsh Roads Division of the Ministry of Transport in Cardiff. When responsibility for roads in Wales was taken over by the Welsh Office in 1965, they passed to the Transport and Highways...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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BD 31
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Transport and Welsh Office: Divisional Road Engineer's Office: Registered Files (WT Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1927-1979
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Description (What the record is about)
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This registered file series originated in the Welsh Roads Division of the Ministry of Transport in Cardiff. When responsibility for roads in Wales was taken over by the Welsh Office in 1965, they passed to the Transport and Highways Directorate.
The files in this series cover various aspects of Welsh road construction, maintenance and management.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Further material on Welsh roads is to be found in: MT 117 MT 139 MT 27 MT 39 MT 95 MT 105
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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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WT 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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- Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, Divisional Road Engineers, Wales and Monmouthshire, 1953-1959
- Ministry of Transport, Divisional Office, Wales, 1919-1941
- Ministry of Transport, Divisional Road Engineers, Wales and Monmouthshire, 1946-1953
- Ministry of Transport, Divisional Road Engineers, Wales and Monmouthshire, 1959-1965
- Ministry of War Transport, Divisional Office, Wales, 1941-1946
- Welsh Office, Roads Division, 1965-1976
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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313 files and flat sheets
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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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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Following the setting up of the Welsh Office in 1965, the Welsh Divisional Road Engineer changed his name to Chief Road Engineer, and his office became part of the Transport and Highways Group. The functions remained the same. The office was responsible for most matters relating to the construction, maintenance and management of principal and trunk roads within Wales.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2807/
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Ministry of Transport and Welsh Office: Divisional Road Engineer's Office: Registered Files (WT Series)
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