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Ministry of Housing and Local Government and predecessors and successor: New Towns,...
Catalogue reference: HLG 116
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HLG 116
This series contains files relating to the policy aspects of new towns and new town development corporations. The subject matter of the files includes: investment in new towns; housing, roads, employment and recreational amenities in new towns;...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HLG 116
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Housing and Local Government and predecessors and successor: New Towns, General Registered Files (NT Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1938-1980
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains files relating to the policy aspects of new towns and new town development corporations. The subject matter of the files includes: investment in new towns; housing, roads, employment and recreational amenities in new towns; new towns structure and expansion; the powers of new town development corporations and appointments to development corporations. Some of the files relate to specific schemes or specific new towns.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- NT file series
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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)
- 686 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 1979-2005 Department of the Environment
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No further accruals expected. Future transfers of NT Series files will be into HLG 115.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8811/
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