Catalogue description Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Horticulture Divisions: Registered Files, Covent Garden Market Redevelopment (CG Series)

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Reference: MAF 301
Title: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Horticulture Divisions: Registered Files, Covent Garden Market Redevelopment (CG Series)
Description:

Files relating to the redevelopment of Covent Garden market following the report of the Committee of Enquiry into Horticultural Marketing, and detailing the search for a suitable depot for empty containers and bulk produce; various schemes for resiting the market, the move of the market to Nine Elms and the redevelopment of the old market site. The series includes minutes of meetings of the Covent Garden Market Authority.

The following files in this series contain maps or plans: MAF 301/5, 6, 10, 13-16, 24, 25, 34, 38, 42, 54, 61, 64, 65, 67, 73. MAF 301/34 contains photographs.
Date: 1957-1989
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: CG file series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Horticulture Division, 1956-1963

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Horticulture Division I, 1963-1977
Physical description: 145 file(s)
Physical condition: Some files contain maps or plans.
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 1994 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Accumulation dates: 1958 onwards
Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

Covent Garden Market dates from a 1670 charter. In 1956 the Runciman Committee of Enquiry into Horticultural Marketing reported that the market now faced severe problems of congestion and delay, and should be improved and re-organised. The Government's response - the Covent Garden Market Act 1961 - established a Covent Garden Market Authority to take control of the market, improve its facilities, etc. The Minister of Agriculture was generally responsible for this authority. The Covent Garden Market Act 1966 enabled the authority to transfer the market to Lambeth and Wandsworth (New Covent Garden at Nine Elms).

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