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Records of Commissions
Catalogue reference: Division within HLG
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Division within HLG
Records of commissions, mainly relating to investigations of local government issues. They comprise:Royal CommissionsLondon Government (Ullswater Commission), 1921-1922, HLG 9Local Government (Onslow Commission), 1922-1929, HLG 8London Squares...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- Division within HLG
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Title (The name of the record)
- Records of Commissions
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1921-1969
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of commissions, mainly relating to investigations of local government issues.
They comprise:
- Royal Commissions
- London Government (Ullswater Commission), 1921-1922, HLG 9
- Local Government (Onslow Commission), 1922-1929, HLG 8
- London Squares (Londonderry Commission), 1927-1928, HLG 10
- Local Government in the Tyneside Area (Rowlatt and Scott Commission), 1935-1937, HLG 11
- Local Government of Merthyr Tydfil (Lowry Commission), 1935-1939, HLG 12
- Distribution of the Industrial Population (Barlow Commission), 1937-1940, HLG 27
- Local Government in Greater London (Herbert Commission), 1957-1961, HLG 3
- Local Government in England (Redcliffe-Maud Commission), 1966-1968, HLG 69
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 10 series
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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
- Local Government
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C588/
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