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Ministry of Housing and Local Government and Department of the Environment: Ironstone...
This series contains files and plans of the Ironstone Restoration Fund of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, and later of the Department of the Environment. They relate to applications for payments from the Fund which was created by the Mi…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1942-1985
- Reference
- HLG 132
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- Department
Records created or inherited by the National Coal Board, and of related bodies
Records created or inherited by the National Coal Board (NCB), and of related bodies concerning the coal industry.Comprises records of: Coal records prior to the NCBCentral administrative records of the NCBRegional administrative recordsTechnical and…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1884-1997
- Reference
- COAL
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- Catalogue level
- Series
Adit National Website
This series contains dated gathered versions (or 'snapshots') of the Adit National website. [Please note: These records may be accessed via the UK Government Web Archive].
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- From 2008
- Reference
- SR 5
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- Division
Records of the Coal Division
Records reflecting the creating bodies' responsibilities in relation to the coal industry.Correspondence and papers of the Coal Division are in POWE 16, POWE 17 (emergency services, price control, supply and demand for anthracite, retail coal distrib…
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- 1883-1973
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Ministry of Fuel and Power: Coal Division: Opencast Coal Files
Files on open cast coal mining covering financial recompense, National Coal Board responsibility and cases in dispute sent to arbitration.
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1944-1956
- Reference
- POWE 40
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- Series
Mines Department and Successors: Coal Division: Finance Files
A few records in this series date back to the Second World War but the bulk are finance files dealing with the transfer of functions after the creation of the National Coal Board in 1946. These include records on compensation and material of the Cent…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1941-1965
- Reference
- POWE 39
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Mines Departments and Successors: Coal Division: Fuel and Lighting Correspondence...
Files relating to Local Fuel Overseers, rationing, distribution and control of supplies and miners' concessionary coal. Until 1942 these are records of the Mines Department.
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1939-1958
- Reference
- POWE 18
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- Series
Board of Trade and Successors: Coal Division: Production: Correspondence and Papers
Includes files concerned with administration and legislation, coal and mineral rights, finance, other fuels, labour relations, mechanization, metalliferous mining subsidence, drainage schemes and sterilization. These are records of the Board of Trade…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1913-1968
- Reference
- POWE 22
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Ministry of Fuel and Power and Successor:Registered Files: Coal Division (B Series)
B series of files dealing with coal after the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act of 1946 (9 &10 Geo 6.c.59). This series covers a wide variety of topics including policy on productivity, coal prices, government investments, emergency measures and …
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1943-1966
- Reference
- POWE 37
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Board of Trade and Successors: Mines Department and Successors: 'A' Files
Correspondence and papers from the 'A' file series (POWE 26/1-491) and Statutory Rules and Orders from the A5000 series of the Mines Department of the Board of Trade and its successor departments in the Ministry of Fuel and Power and later the Minist…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1902-1970
- Reference
- POWE 26
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Ministry of Fuel and Power, Coal Division, and Successors: Registered Files (COAL...
This series contains records raised by the Coal Division of the Ministry of Power and the Ministry of Technology and covers all aspects of Coal Division work from 1962. Files deal with topics such as the ministry's fuel policy in general and involvem…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1952-1973
- Reference
- POWE 52
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- Series
Assizes: North and South Wales Circuit, Chester and North Wales Division: Criminal...
The documents in this series relate mainly to murders and other serious crimes at the North and South Wales Circuit, Chester and North Wales Division Assizes. A high proportion of the murder cases arise from infanticide. The earlier depositions are s…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1831-1944
- Reference
- ASSI 65
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National Coal Board: Registration of Assets: Estimates of Value
This series contains a small selection of estimates of value submitted by individual colliery companies in connection with their claims for compensation for assets transferred under the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946. The former references ar…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1933-1956
- Reference
- COAL 37
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National Coal Board: Registration of Assets: Statements of Interests
This series contains schedules (known as statements of interest) of assets owned, used or acquired on or after 1 January 1946 which were submitted to the Ministry of Fuel and Power and the National Coal Board by all colliery concerns and individuals …
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- c1946-c1952
- Reference
- COAL 38
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- Series
British Geological Survey: Non-coal Mining Plans Website
This series contains dated gathered versions (or 'snapshots') of the British Geological Survey: Non-coal Mining Plans website. [Please note: These records may be accessed via the UK Government Web Archive].
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- From 2020
- Reference
- HA 69
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Ministry of Power and Predecessors: Chief Scientist's Division and Predecessors:...
These are mainly files of the Chief Scientist's Division of the Ministries of Fuel and Power and of Power, with some earlier records of the Mines Department. They also include records of various fuel efficiency committees, representative files relati…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1921-1967
- Reference
- POWE 25
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National Coal Board and British Coal Corporation: Secretary's Department
Most of the series consists of the policy files of the central secretariat. Other file series which are included cover patents, public relations and general services, etc.This series also contains the minutes of Coal Commission meetings from 1938 to …
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1898-1996
- Reference
- COAL 30
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National Coal Board: Registration of Assets: Registration Files
This series contains a selection of files of the National Coal Board dealing with the take-over and registration of assets of collieries and colliery companies under the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946. The registration files were the main ser…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1946-1962
- Reference
- COAL 36
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- Series
Coal Commission: Establishment Files
This series contains various establishment files including material on valuation, including records of the Regional Valuation Board, on coal reserves and holdings, on dealings with mineral agents and some records of the Coal Commission's superannuati…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1930-1949
- Reference
- COAL 15
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National Coal Board and British Coal Corporation: Chairman's Office
This series contains papers of the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman of the National Coal Board.
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1943-1997
- Reference
- COAL 31