Series
Interim Forestry Authority and Forestry Commission: Minutes of Meetings
Catalogue reference: F 1
Date: 1918-1969
Minutes of the Interim Forest Authority and of the Forestry Commissioners.
Series
Forestry Commission and predecessors: Director of Forestry for England, Correspondence...
Catalogue reference: F 10
What's it about?
F 10
This series comprises files illustrating the administration of the Forest and covers a variety of subjects from the building of roads and military manoeuvres to the hunting of squirrels and collecting of moss.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- F 10
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Title (The name of the record)
- Forestry Commission and predecessors: Director of Forestry for England, Correspondence and Papers, New Forest
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1666-1958
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series comprises files illustrating the administration of the Forest and covers a variety of subjects from the building of roads and military manoeuvres to the hunting of squirrels and collecting of moss.
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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)
- 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)
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- Forestry Commission, 1919-1919
- Office of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues, 1810-1832
- Office of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues, 1851-1924
- Office of Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Buildings, 1832-1851
- Surveyor General of Woods and Forests, 1715-1810
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 511 file(s)
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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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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
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- A subject index to these papers (OBS 1359) is unfit for production but a photographic copy of this index is 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 New Forest was a Royal Forest as early as the reign of Canute and in 1079 William I greatly extended its boundaries and appointed it a place of sanctuary for the King's deer. From 1554 until the end of the eighteenth century the management of Royal Forests was the concern of a Surveyor General of Woods, Forests, Parks and Chases. From the 17th century up to the middle of the nineteenth century the chief interest of the Forests lay in its capacity to produce timber for the shipyards of Hampshire. The New Forest Act of 1877 was the first to make statutory provision for preserving the amenities of the Forest.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7203/
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Forestry Commission and predecessors: Director of Forestry for England, Correspondence and Papers, New Forest
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