Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries

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Alternative name(s):	MAF (Also known as)
Date:	1919-1955
History:	Act of 1919 converted the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries to a ministry. In 1955 the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries absorbed the Ministry of Food and was renamed the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
Functions, occupations and activities:	Government (central)
References:	Statute 1919 c91; IC; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C277316

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference
1	1847-1936: Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Departments, and related bodies: Enclosure Awards	The National Archives, Kew	MAF 1
2	1845-1963: Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Departments, and related bodies: Various Awards and Orders	The National Archives, Kew	MAF 2
3	1867-1956: Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Departments, and related bodies: Metropolitan Commons Schemes of Regulation	The National Archives, Kew	MAF 4
4	1879-1947: Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Departments, and related bodies: City of London Tithe Rates	The National Archives, Kew	MAF 8
5	1841-1925: Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Departments, and related bodies: Deeds and Awards of Enfranchisement	The National Archives, Kew	MAF 9
6	1845-1964: Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Departments, and related bodies: Orders of Exchange of Lands under the Enclosure Acts	The National Archives, Kew	MAF 11
7	1839-1935: Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Departments, and related bodies: Awards of Exchange of Glebe Lands	The National Archives, Kew	MAF 14
8	1873-1926: Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Departments, and related bodies: Vicar's Rate in Halifax Act 1877	The National Archives, Kew	MAF 16
9	1854-1965: Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Departments, and related bodies: Orders of Apportionment of Rentcharge	The National Archives, Kew	MAF 17
10	1849-1924: Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Departments, and related bodies: Orders of Partition of Lands under the Enclosure Acts	The National Archives, Kew	MAF 21
11	1882-1925: Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Departments, and related bodies: Certificates of Redemption of Rentcharge Series I	The National Archives, Kew	MAF 22
12	1800-1956: Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Departments, and related bodies: Commons, Correspondence and Papers	The National Archives, Kew	MAF 25
13	1876-1972: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and predecessors: Animal Health: Correspondence and Papers	The National Archives, Kew	MAF 35
14	1837-1969: Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Departments, and related bodies: Land Correspondence and Papers	The National Archives, Kew	MAF 48
15	1851-1957: Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Departments, and related bodies: Land Improvement Loans	The National Archives, Kew	MAF 66
16	1841-1957: Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Departments, and related bodies: Land Tenure Registers	The National Archives, Kew	MAF 76
17	1940-1994: Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Livestock and Dairying Divisions: Registered Files: Artificial Insemination (AI Series)	The National Archives, Kew	MAF 124
18	1941-1980: Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Infestation Control Divisions: Registered Files, Infestation (I Series)	The National Archives, Kew	MAF 130
19	1924-2002: Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Labour Divisions: Registered Files, Agricultural Wages and Working Conditions (WG Series)	The National Archives, Kew	MAF 258
20	1951-1974: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Land Use Divisions: Registered Files, Land Planning Approvals (CPA Series)	The National Archives, Kew	MAF 264
21	1933-2002: Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Statistics Divisions: Collection of Statistics (CSL and CSS Series)	The National Archives, Kew	MAF 267
22	1950-2001: Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Fertilisers Divisions: Fertilisers and Feedingstuffs Standing Advisory Committee, Registered Files (FAC Series)	The National Archives, Kew	MAF 381
23	1971-1997: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Meat and Fatstock Planning Division: Registered Files, EEC Meat and Livestock Regulations (BJ Series)	The National Archives, Kew	MAF 403
24	1386-2023: Records created or inherited by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Departments, and related bodies	The National Archives, Kew	MAF
25	1954-1972: Welsh Office and predecessors: Common Lands, Registered Files (C and CG Series)	The National Archives, Kew	BD 49
26	1873-1977: Specimens of Series of Documents Destroyed	The National Archives, Kew	IR 900

Related record creators
	Record creator	Description of relationship	Category of relationship
1	Board of Agriculture and Fisheries	Successor/Predecessor	See Also
2	Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food	Successor/Predecessor	See Also
3	Ministry of Food	Successor/Predecessor	See Also