Record revealed
The first American invention to obtain an English patent
These intricate 1716 drawings were submitted by Sybilla Masters in the final stage of securing a patent for machinery for 'cleaning and curing Indian corn'.
Department
Records created or inherited by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board
Catalogue reference: AHDB
What's it about?
AHDB
Records created or inherited by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB). For series created for regularly archived websites, please see the separate Websites Division.
Full description and record details
-
Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
-
AHDB
-
Title (The name of the record)
- Records created or inherited by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board
-
Date (When the record was created)
-
2008-2024
-
Description (What the record is about)
-
Records created or inherited by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB).
For series created for regularly archived websites, please see the separate Websites Division.
-
Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
-
Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
-
Not Public Record(s)
-
Language (The language of the record)
-
English
-
Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board, 2008-2008
-
Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
-
95 series
-
Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
-
Open unless otherwise stated
-
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))
-
- Topics
- Farming
-
Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
-
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) is an umbrella organisation which markets and researches the UK agricultural industry. It is an Executive Non-Departmental Public Body of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), which is funded by the agriculture and horticulture industries through statutory levies paid by farmers and growers.
The AHDB was established in 2008 under the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 and the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board Order 2008. It became operational on 1 April 2008 and replaced five previous non-departmental public bodies which were similarly levy-funded: British Potato Council; Meat and Livestock Commission; Milk Development Council; Horticulture Development Council; Home Grown Cereals Authority.
The role of the AHDB is to help improve the efficiency and competitiveness in six sectors: pigmeat; beef and lamb; commercial horticulture; milk; potatoes; and cereals and oilseeds. Sector specific activity is delivered under the established divisional sector brands of BPEX, DairyCo, EBLEX, HDC, HGCA and Potato Council: Pig meat in England - BPEX division (the British Pig Executive); Beef and lamb in England - EBLEX division (the English Beef and Lamb Executive); Commercial horticulture in Great Britain - HDC division (the Horticultural Development Company); Milk in Great Britain - DairyCo division; Potatoes in Great Britain - Potato Council division; Cereals and oilseeds in the UK - HGCA division (the Home Grown Cereals Authority).
The AHDB is based in Warwickshire.
-
Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C423/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
You are currently looking at the department: AHDB
Records created or inherited by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board
You may be interested in
Related records
Records that share similar topics with this record.