Catalogue description Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Land Drainage Divisions: Registered Files, Constitution of Drainage Districts, etc (LDC Series)

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Details of MAF 136
Reference: MAF 136
Title: Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Land Drainage Divisions: Registered Files, Constitution of Drainage Districts, etc (LDC Series)
Description:

Files of the various Land Drainage Divisions dealing with constitutional work under the Land Drainage Acts 1930 and 1961, the River Boards Act 1948 and Water Resources Act 1963. Subjects include the constitution, reorganisation or abolition of drainage authorities; the amendment of statutory maps; membership of River Boards and Catchment Boards; and the River Board General Transfer Scheme.

The series contains some pre-1949 re-registered material and some files re-registered from the RB file series: MAF 219

Date: 1930-1981
Arrangement:

Files in this series are arranged in former reference order within these accessions: MAF 136/1-37, MAF 136/38-342, MAF 136/343-372.

Separated material:

A few files in the LDC series can be found in MAF 49

Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: LDC file series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Physical description: 425 files and rolls
Physical condition: Most files contain maps or plans.
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Accumulation dates: 1949

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