Series
Loraine Papers
Catalogue reference: FO 1011
Date: 1836-1973
This series contains both personal and official papers, including photograph albums, of the diplomat Sir Percy Loraine (1880-1961). It includes...
Series
Welsh Office and predecessors: Plans of Airfields in Wales
Catalogue reference: BD 54
What's it about?
BD 54
This series contains military survey maps amended to show details of Welsh airfields. The plans were based on existing Ordnance Survey maps but were unlikely to have been created by the Survey. Some plans contain details of plans for stripping...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BD 54
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Title (The name of the record)
- Welsh Office and predecessors: Plans of Airfields in Wales
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1937-1946
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains military survey maps amended to show details of Welsh airfields. The plans were based on existing Ordnance Survey maps but were unlikely to have been created by the Survey. Some plans contain details of plans for stripping the airfields at the end of World War II.
The plans supplement information contained in the aerial photograph collection held in the Aerial Photography Unit at Cathays Park.
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 19 file(s)
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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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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 2002 National Assembly for Wales
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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)
- The plans in this series were created by either the Air Ministry or the War Office and passed to the Ministry of Town and Country Planning after the War. With the establishment of the Welsh Office in 1964, the plans passed into its custody.
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No further accruals expected
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2830/
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