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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...
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Records of the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England)
Catalogue reference: AE
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Records of the Records of the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments recording ancient and historical monuments in England: surviving minutes are in AE 1, correspondence and papers in AE 2, royal warrants of appointment in AE 3, and annual...
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- AE
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Title (The name of the record)
- Records of the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1908-1991
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of the Records of the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments recording ancient and historical monuments in England: surviving minutes are in AE 1, correspondence and papers in AE 2, royal warrants of appointment in AE 3, and annual reports in AE 4
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Many of the commission's records were destroyed by a fire at Cambridge in 1945.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- 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)
- Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1908-1908
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 4 series
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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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 commission was established by royal warrant in August 1908, at the same time as similar bodies for Scotland and Wales, to make an inventory of all buildings, earthworks and stone constructions in England up to 1714. A new royal warrant of 1943 abolished the date limit, and the commission set itself a limit of 1850 with discretion to record later buildings of outstanding significance.
It is a recording body which may recommend the preservation of particular buildings but has no power to implement its recommendations. Powers to protect and repair monuments belonged to the Works Departments, working through the Ancient Monuments Inspectorate, until 1970, and were then exercised by the Department of the Environment.
The results of the commission' s work are made available to the public as the National Monuments Record. Since 1963 this has included the National Buildings Record, which was established in 1941 to photograph and record buildings liable to be destroyed by enemy action.
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- The Stationery Office has published a number of the commission's inventories and reports.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5/
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