Record revealed
Request for compensation for the Boston Tea Party
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Series
Property Services Agency and predecessors: South East Region: Registered Files and...
Catalogue reference: CM 18
What's it about?
CM 18
Records of the Property Services Agency's South East Regional Office and predecessors, relating to the preservation, restoration and improvement of government land and property in the South East of England (excluding London), including buildings...
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 18
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Title (The name of the record)
- Property Services Agency and predecessors: South East Region: Registered Files and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1950 -1989
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of the Property Services Agency's South East Regional Office and predecessors, relating to the preservation, restoration and improvement of government land and property in the South East of England (excluding London), including buildings of special architectural and historical interest.
The series includes correspondence, minutes, agendas and papers, reports, proposals and feasibility studies. The Office's clients include HM Customs and Excise, The Lord Chancellor's Department, Home Office, the Department of the Environment, the Defence Services and the British Airports Authority.
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Department of the Environment, 1970-1997
- Ministry of Public Building and Works, 1962-1970
- Ministry of Works, 1943-1962
- Property Services Agency, 1972-1990
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 52 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 2003 Department for Transport
From 2014 Department for Communities and Local Government
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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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- Topics
- Taxation
- Air transport
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4123/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
10,195 records
Within the department: CM
Records created or inherited by the Property Services Agency
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