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Royal Commission on the Local Government of Merthyr Tydfil (Lowry Commission): Minutes...
Catalogue reference: HLG 12
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HLG 12
Minutes of evidence, memoranda and correspondence of the Commission, and registered files relating to most aspects of the local authority's functions, taken from the 99000 series of the Ministry of Health. The Commission's report was published in...
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HLG 12
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- Royal Commission on the Local Government of Merthyr Tydfil (Lowry Commission): Minutes and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1909-1939
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes of evidence, memoranda and correspondence of the Commission, and registered files relating to most aspects of the local authority's functions, taken from the 99000 series of the Ministry of Health. The Commission's report was published in 1936 (as Cmd 5039).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Royal Commission on the Local Government of Merthyr Tydfil, 1935-1939
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67 file(s)
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- Local Government
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This Commission was appointed by Royal Warrant in May 1935 to investigate whether the existing status of Merthyr Tydfil as a county borough should be continued, and if not, what alternative arrangements should be made for its local government, having regard to its own interests and to those of the surrounding counties and county districts. The Commission's report was published in 1936 (as Cmd. 5039).
This series includes minutes of meetings and a summary of evidence all of which were unpublished. The files have been arranged in registered file sequence.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8707/
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