Series
Duchy of Lancaster: Bonds of Obligation
Catalogue reference: DL 24
Date: c1509-1837
This series consists of bonds of obligation created as part of the administration of the estate of the Duchy of Lancaster and the operation of the...
Series
The Crown Estate Office and predecessors: Crown Estate Surveyor's Branch: Numbered...
Catalogue reference: CRES 57
What's it about?
CRES 57
Registered files of the Crown Estate Surveyor's branch, giving structural and architectural information about properties on the Crown estate (mostly in London). In particular they detail the redevelopment of the Millbank Estate following the mass...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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CRES 57
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Title (The name of the record)
- The Crown Estate Office and predecessors: Crown Estate Surveyor's Branch: Numbered Files
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Date (When the record was created)
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1919-1988
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Description (What the record is about)
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Registered files of the Crown Estate Surveyor's branch, giving structural and architectural information about properties on the Crown estate (mostly in London).
In particular they detail the redevelopment of the Millbank Estate following the mass expiry of 99 year leases in the 1950s and 1960s, and the restoration of the Regents Park Terraces.
For information on the appraisal and selection decisions applied to records in this series, see Operational Selection Policy OSP 2, The Crown Estate, 1975-1985.
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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)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Crown Lands, Crown Estate Surveyors Branch, 1940-1956
- The Crown Estate, Crown Estate Surveyors Branch, 1956-1989
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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469 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
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Most pieces in this series contain plans, maps or architectural drawings.
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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
- Crown lands and estates
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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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In 1940, the Commissioners of Crown Lands appointed a surveyor to act on their behalf at the head of an independent branch within the Commission. The Crown Estate Surveyor (sometimes Crown Surveyor) and his staff undertook structural and architectural surveys of properties on the Crown estate and advised other branches of the office in a professional capacity. Based in London, their work was concentrated on the London estate, and in the home counties. On estates more distant than London, local surveyors were used under contract as required.
The surveyor and his branch were absorbed into the London and Urban Estates Branch in April 1989, where their work continued.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5507/
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