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Records of Cadw and predecessors

Catalogue reference: Division within BD

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Records of Cadw and predecessors relating to the maintenance of monuments and historic buildings in Wales.Records of the Historic Buildings Council for Wales are in BD 34. Reports of the Ancient Monuments Branch are in BD 42 and ancient monuments...

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Division within BD
Title
Records of Cadw and predecessors
Date
1931-1987
Description

Records of Cadw and predecessors relating to the maintenance of monuments and historic buildings in Wales.

Records of the Historic Buildings Council for Wales are in BD 34. Reports of the Ancient Monuments Branch are in BD 42 and ancient monuments and historic buildings files of Cadw and predecessors are in BD 68

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Records of Ancient Monuments Branches are in

See also the Department of the Environment,

Records of the Ancient Monuments Board for Wales are in WORK 48

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
  • Cadw, 1984-1984
  • Ministry of Public Building and Works, Ancient Monuments Branch, 1962-1969
  • Ministry of Works and Buildings, Ancient Monuments Branch, 1940-1942
  • Ministry of Works and Planning, Ancient Monuments Branch, 1942-1943
  • Ministry of Works, Ancient Monuments Branch, 1943-1962
  • Office of Works, Ancient Monuments Branch, 1912-1940
  • Welsh Office, Ancient Monuments Branch, 1969-1991
Physical description
4 series
Subjects
Topics
Ancient Monuments and Historical Buildings
Administrative / biographical background

Responsibility for ancient monuments in Wales passed successively from the Office of Works to the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of Public Building and Works and, on 1 April 1969, to the Secretary of State for Wales. The Ancient Monuments Board for Wales and the Historic Buildings Council for Wales both now reported to him.

In April 1991, responsibility for ancient monuments passed to Cadw, the Welsh Historic Monuments Executive Agency.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C946/

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