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Trafalgar Square

Catalogue reference: Sub-series within WORK 20

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Sub-series within WORK 20

Files relating to the care, maintenance, and management of Trafalgar Square and the monuments situated there

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Sub-series within WORK 20
Title
Trafalgar Square
Date
1832-1985
Description

Files relating to the care, maintenance, and management of Trafalgar Square and the monuments situated there

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The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
Administrative / biographical background

The Square was laid out in the 1820s and acquired its name in 1830. It was brought under the control of the Office of Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Buildings and Works by the Trafalgar Square Act 1844. On the separation of the Offices of Woods and Works in 1851, it passed into the control of the Office of Works.

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WORK 20

Office of Works and successors: Statues and Memorials: Registered Files

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