Series
Hubert Hall: Papers
Catalogue reference: PRO 44
Date: 1881-1944
Miscellaneous correspondence and papers of Dr. Hubert Hall, relating mainly to his service in the Public Record Office and as secretary to the...
Series
Property Services Agency and predecessors: London Region: Registered Files and Papers
Catalogue reference: CM 8
What's it about?
CM 8
Files of the Directorate of Works (London) of the Ministry of Works and then of the Ministry of Public Buildings and Works and those of the London Region of the Property Services Agency relating to maintenance, repair and restoration work 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)
- CM 8
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Title (The name of the record)
- Property Services Agency and predecessors: London Region: Registered Files and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1910-1992
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Description (What the record is about)
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Files of the Directorate of Works (London) of the Ministry of Works and then of the Ministry of Public Buildings and Works and those of the London Region of the Property Services Agency relating to maintenance, repair and restoration work on government buildings and on royal palaces and parks in the London area, for which the London Region had special responsibility.
The LSS series of files was raised circa 1974 by the newly formed PSA London Region. It consists mainly of files re-registered from the WY series of the former Directorate of Works (London) relating to the case work of the Special Services Section.
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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)
- LSS 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)
- Property Services Agency, London Region, 1972-1990
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 268 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 1990 Property Services Agency
From 2000 to 2002 Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
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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)
- Series is accruing
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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 Property Services Agency's London Region was established around 1974. The Special Services Section of the Directorate of Works (London), and from circa 1974 of the London Region of the PSA, employed building surveyors and engineers overseen by a Superintending Manager to deal with maintenance, repair and restoration work on special buildings in the Greater London area, such as Ancient Monuments, Museums & Art Galleries, Historic Buildings, Royal Parks and Palaces and the Houses of Parliament.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4113/
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