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Series
Ministry of Housing and Local Government and Ministry of Land and Natural Resources:...
Catalogue reference: HLG 140
What's it about?
HLG 140
Files of the Countryside Division of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, which contain papers on national parks, architectural design in the countryside, rehabilitation of derelict land, planning, and upkeep of waterways, rights of way...
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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HLG 140
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Housing and Local Government and Ministry of Land and Natural Resources: Countryside Division and predecessors: Registered Files (C series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1950-1969
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Description (What the record is about)
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Files of the Countryside Division of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, which contain papers on national parks, architectural design in the countryside, rehabilitation of derelict land, planning, and upkeep of waterways, rights of way and common land. Some files relate to specific areas. Includes files re-registered from the KC file series ( JH 8 ) and the C file series (JH 3).
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Some files from this series were re-registered into Department of the Environment series see:
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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)
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C file series
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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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66 file(s)
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8835/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: HLG
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Ministry of Housing and Local Government and Ministry of Land and Natural Resources: Countryside Division and predecessors: Registered Files (C series)
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