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Forestry Commission and predecessors: Director of Forestry for England, Correspondence...
Catalogue reference: F 3
What’s it about?
This record is about the Forestry Commission and predecessors: Director of Forestry for England, Correspondence... dating from 1786-1957.
Is it available online?
Maybe, but not on The National Archives website. This record is held at Gloucestershire Archives.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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F 3
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Title (The name of the record)
- Forestry Commission and predecessors: Director of Forestry for England, Correspondence and Papers, Dean Forest
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Date (When the record was created)
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1786-1957
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Description (What the record is about)
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Until 1810 these were the records of the Surveyors General of Woods and Forests, and from 1811 to 1924 of the Office of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues.
This series is broadly concerned with the administration of the Forest of Dean by the Crown through the Forestry Commission and its predecessors. Most files concern mines and quarries within the Forest.
This series is in the process of being transferred to Gloucestershire Record Office.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Arranged by the number of the files opened by the Forestry Commission. All the quarry identification numbers shown in the list are those given in the quarry lease books kept by the Deputy Gaveller.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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A microfilm copy of the original index of this series is in PRO 28/42
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Gloucestershire Archives
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1556 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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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
- Forestry
- Mining and quarrying
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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The records were transferred from the Public Record Office to Gloucestershire Record Office on 17 January 2002
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- A photocopy of this film bound in three volumes is also available. Please speak to staff at the enquiry desk for the precise location.
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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 Forest of Dean has one or two local institutions which exist in few if any other places; for example the Verderers Court. Since the later Norman days the inhabitants of the Forest of Dean and the land immediately surrounding have had various rights in the forest, and it is the verderers who have some jurisdiction over disputes about, and offences against, these rights. The commoners, as those who are entitled to the rights of the forest are known, are permitted to graze a certain number of animals in those parts of the forest which are thrown open to them, and were once able to cut turf and collect wood sufficient for their personal need. Many of these rights were commuted over the years, but a few still remain.
Mines and quarries have existed within the boundaries of the Forest of Dean since the Roman occupation or even earlier. Here also the inhabitants of the area have had privileges unknown elsewhere. The Crown leases land to the individual freeminers, with the right to mine iron, coal or even in some cases gold and silver, and to quarry stone, in return for an annual rent and a small royalty on produce. These areas of land are known as gales, and the granting of them is arranged through the Deputy Gaveller, who keeps a record of the galees of all mines and quarries.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7197/
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Forestry Commission and predecessors: Director of Forestry for England, Correspondence and Papers, Dean Forest