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Catalogue description Department of Economic Affairs and successors: East Anglia Regional Office: Registered Files (EAR and related series)
| Reference: | EW 13 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Department of Economic Affairs and successors: East Anglia Regional Office: Registered Files (EAR and related series) |
| Description: |
The files in this series mainly originate from the period 1965 to 1969 although material created by successor departments is also included. The files include copies of papers of the East Anglia Economic Planning Council and the East Anglia Economic Planning Board and files arising from their activities. Subjects covered include railway closures and grants, experimental cartography, leisure amenities, population distribution and the proposed Wash barrage Scheme. There are also some files on the implications for East Anglia of the proposals of the Committee on Intermediate Areas (Hunt Committee). |
| Date: | 1964-1979 |
| Arrangement: |
Original numerical sequence of creating body has been followed. On some files EAR appears within the body of the registered file number rather than as a prefix. |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | EAR and associated file series |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Department of Economic Affairs, East Anglia Regional Office, 1965-1969 Department of the Environment, East Anglia Regional Office, 1969-1973 Ministry of Housing and Local Government, East Anglia Regional Office, 1969-1970 |
| Physical description: | 446 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Open unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 1990 Department of the Environment |
| Selection and destruction information: | A flood in Dec 1984 in the basement of the Department of the Environment Records Office destroyed a number of files. It was not possible to ascertain their references. |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The East Anglia regional office was set up in 1965. The Chairperson of the East Anglia Economic Planning Council was Sir Kenneth Keith. The regional office was situated in London and shared its accommodation and also some of it clerical staff with the South East Regional Office. |
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