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Ministry of Housing and Local Government and Department of the Environment: Reorganisation...
Catalogue reference: HLG 155
What's it about?
HLG 155
The records concern the implementation of the recommendations of the Report of the Royal Commission on Local Government in England (Cmd 4040, 1969) and the subsequent Local Government Act 1972. The series contains papers on the reorganisation of...
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 155
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Housing and Local Government and Department of the Environment: Reorganisation of Local Government, Registered Files (RLG Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1967-1972
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Description (What the record is about)
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The records concern the implementation of the recommendations of the Report of the Royal Commission on Local Government in England (Cmd 4040, 1969) and the subsequent Local Government Act 1972. The series contains papers on the reorganisation of local government and its effects. The series includes the records of Local Government Division 7 (1969-1973), Local Government Division 4 (1973-1974) and Local Government Division 2 (1975-). Some files were re-registered from the LG series (contained in HLG 120, local government general policy and procedure registered files).
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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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RLG 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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Department of the Environment, Branch LG.7, 1970-1973
- Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Branch LG.7, 1957-1970
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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46 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1997 Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
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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
- Local Government
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8850/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: HLG
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