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Ministry of Transport

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Date: 1919-1941
History: Established by an act of 1919, its remit became the overall supervision of transport in its various forms. Its role developed with the growth of road transport and wartime preparations. In May 1941 it was replaced by the Ministry of War Transport.
Functions, occupations and activities: Government (central)
References: IC; NCA Rules
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/C277538
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1854-1969: Board of Trade and Ministry of Transport and successors: Marine, Harbours and Wrecks (M, H and W Series) Files
The National Archives, Kew
MT 9
2
1613-1939: Ramsgate Harbour: Deeds, Evidences and Plans
The National Archives, Kew
MT 21
3
1749-1937: Ramsgate Harbour Accounts, Correspondence, Minutes etc.
The National Archives, Kew
MT 22
4
1911-1953: Ministry of Transport and successors, Ports Divisions: Correspondence and Papers
The National Archives, Kew
MT 48
5
1919-1952: Ministry of Transport, Defence Planning and Emergency Transport Committees
The National Archives, Kew
MT 50
6
1919-1998: Shipping Control and Operation: Correspondence and Papers
The National Archives, Kew
MT 59
7
1866-2009: Ministry of Transport and successors, Ports Divisions: Registered Files (P Series)
The National Archives, Kew
MT 81
8
1919-1947: Board of Trade Railway Department and Ministry of Transport: Statistics
The National Archives, Kew
RAIL 1044
9
1920-1930: Board of Trade Railway Department and Ministry of Transport Proceedings before Rates Advisory Committee
The National Archives, Kew
RAIL 1052
10
1840-1975: Board of Trade Railway Department and Ministry of Transport: Reports and Returns
The National Archives, Kew
RAIL 1053
11
1897-1926: Board of Trade Railway Department and Ministry of Transport: Light Railway Orders
The National Archives, Kew
RAIL 1054
12
1897-1931: Board of Trade Railway Department and Ministry of Transport Light Railway Orders (York Collection)
The National Archives, Kew
RAIL 1055
13
1882-1924: Board of Trade Railway Department and Ministry of Transport: Reports on Working of Boiler Explosions Acts, 1882 and 1890
The National Archives, Kew
RAIL 1056
14
1919-1922: Treasury: Books of Out-letters to Ministry of Transport
The National Archives, Kew
T 131
15
1841-1978: Treasury Solicitor: Department of Transport Division and predecessors: Law Officers' and Counsels' Opinions, Judgments and Law Reports
The National Archives, Kew
TS 75
16
1945-1987: Treasury Solicitor: Ministry of Transport Legal Branch and successors: Registered Files (L Series)
The National Archives, Kew
TS 77
17
1939-1979: Ministry of Transport and Successors: War Risks Insurance Records
The National Archives, Kew
MT 216
18
1613-2010: Records created or inherited by the Transport Ministries, and by related bodies, and by the London Passenger Transport Board
The National Archives, Kew
MT
19
1850-1998: Records created or inherited by the Ministry of Power, and of related bodies
The National Archives, Kew
POWE
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