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Welsh Office and predecessors: Cadw and predecessors: Registered Files, Ancient Monuments...

Catalogue reference: BD 68

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BD 68

The series reflects all the functions carried out by the Department for the Environment and its predessessors and the selection reflects this. It deals with with matters of general policy including the transfer of functions to the Welsh Office,...

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Reference
BD 68
Title
Welsh Office and predecessors: Cadw and predecessors: Registered Files, Ancient Monuments and Historic Buildings (8M Series)
Date
1952-1987
Description

The series reflects all the functions carried out by the Department for the Environment and its predessessors and the selection reflects this. It deals with with matters of general policy including the transfer of functions to the Welsh Office, entrance fees, the use of monuments for special events and rescue archaeology. Records of the Ancient Monuments Board for Wales are also included.

Very few files relating to individual monuments have been transferred. Files relating to the scheduling, listing and other site related records are held by the National Monument Record at the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historic Monuments in Wales at Aberystwyth.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
8M file series
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical description
155 file(s)
Access conditions
Open
Immediate source of acquisition

In 2001 National Assembly for Wales

Subjects
Topics
Ancient Monuments and Historical Buildings
Custodial history
This series was passed to the Welsh Office by the Department of the Environment in 1970
Accruals
No future accruals expected
Administrative / biographical background

This series has been used for matters relating to historic buildings and monuments in wales throughout the existence of government involvement in the subject. Throughout its existence, the series appears to have been a discrete collection relating wholly to Wales and never a part of any English series.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2844/

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Welsh Office and predecessors: Cadw and predecessors: Registered Files, Ancient Monuments and Historic Buildings (8M Series)

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