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Bringing the Bethnal Green disaster to light
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Series
Welsh Office and predecessor: Roads Division: Registered Files (RD Series)
Catalogue reference: BD 43
What's it about?
BD 43
The files in this series were raised by the Roads Division of the Welsh Office after 1965. Many earlier papers from a number of series used both in the Ministry of Transport's main office in London or its regional office in Cardiff were put on...
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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BD 43
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Title (The name of the record)
- Welsh Office and predecessor: Roads Division: Registered Files (RD Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1944-1979
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Description (What the record is about)
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The files in this series were raised by the Roads Division of the Welsh Office after 1965. Many earlier papers from a number of series used both in the Ministry of Transport's main office in London or its regional office in Cardiff were put on the files which continued to be used for a number of years.
Most of the files deal with various aspects of particular road and bridge improvement schemes carried out by the division. They cover many aspects of Welsh roads including the determination of departmental policy, awarding contracts, the effects of land subsidence, the provision of relief and ring roads. Many refer to specific major road building projects. A number of files are concerned with the building and maintenance of bridges. There are also a few general policy files, mainly relating to road planning.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Related material concerning may be found among Ministry of Transport roads and highways files in: MT 27 MT 39 MT 95 MT 105 MT 109 MT 139
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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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RD 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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213 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 1999 National Assembly for Wales
From 1992 Welsh Office
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2819/
Catalogue hierarchy
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Welsh Office and predecessor: Roads Division: Registered Files (RD Series)
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