Series
New Towns Association: Registered Files
Catalogue reference: FJ 2
What's it about?
FJ 2
The series contains the registered files of the New Towns Association. Papers which predate the creation of the New Towns Association are assumed to have been created by the custodial bodies and added to the registered file series c1968
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FJ 2
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Title (The name of the record)
- New Towns Association: Registered Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1947-1992
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Description (What the record is about)
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The series contains the registered files of the New Towns Association. Papers which predate the creation of the New Towns Association are assumed to have been created by the custodial bodies and added to the registered file series c1968
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Arranged in hierarchical number reference order; e.g. 1/1/2 etc.
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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)
- 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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- Commission for the New Towns, 1961-1961
- Milton Keynes Development Corporation, 1969-1992
- Ministry of Housing and Local Government, 1951-1970
- Ministry of Local Government and Planning, 1951-1951
- Ministry of Town and Country Planning, 1943-1951
- New Towns Association, 1968-1992
- New Towns Commission, 1992-1998
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 524 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 1998 Commission for the New Towns
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- File series ran from 1947 to 1992
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Policy and some case files selected. A decision was taken that New Towns Association records were suitable for transfer to the Public Record Office, although they are not public records.
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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 Towns Association was set up in the late 1960's in response to suggestions from the Ministry of Housing and Local Government. It was set up as a permanent organisation to collect, evaluate, identify and appraise emerging problems, to provide secretariat services for the various committees (chairmen, general managers etc). Its key role was to facilitate consultation and provide a "clearing house" for central responses to government and others. The New Towns Association was wound up in 1992.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7311/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: FJ
Records created or inherited by the Commission for the New Towns and successors
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New Towns Association: Registered Files