The story of
The Festival of Britain
The National Archives has a wealth of documents, photographs and art work collected during the planning and running of the influential 1951 Festival of Britain.
Series
Property Services Agency and predecessors: Directorate of Civil Engineering Services...
Catalogue reference: CM 28
What's it about?
CM 28
Registered files of the PSA Directorate of Civil Engineering Services covering various engineering matters such as advice on structures, research and development, and land surveys. The series includes papers on the collapse of Ronan Point in 1968...
Full description and record details
-
Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
-
CM 28
-
Title (The name of the record)
- Property Services Agency and predecessors: Directorate of Civil Engineering Services and predecessors: Registered Files
-
Date (When the record was created)
-
1954-1992
-
Description (What the record is about)
-
Registered files of the PSA Directorate of Civil Engineering Services covering various engineering matters such as advice on structures, research and development, and land surveys.
The series includes papers on the collapse of Ronan Point in 1968 and on the development of Maplin Sands as a possible airport for London.
-
Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
-
Earlier files can be found in WORK 56
-
Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
-
Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
-
PP file series
-
Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
-
Public Record(s)
-
Language (The language of the record)
-
English
-
Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
-
57 file(s)
-
Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
-
Open
-
Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
-
From 1994 Property Services Agency
-
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))
-
Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
-
Series is accruing
-
Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
-
Files on historically important projects have been preserved.
-
Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4133/
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
You are currently looking at the series: CM 28
Property Services Agency and predecessors: Directorate of Civil Engineering Services and predecessors: Registered Files
You may be interested in
Related records
Records that share similar topics with this record.