Office of Works

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The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection.

Date:	1851-1940
History:	Re-established 1851; functions were those of the earlier Office of Woods (1378-1832) plus some duties of the Commissioners of Woods and responsibilities for provision & maintenance of buildings overseas. In October 1940 became the Ministry of Works and Buildings.
Functions, occupations and activities:	Government (central)
References:	PROGuide; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C278165

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference
1	1861-1971: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and predecessors: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Correspondence and Papers	The National Archives, Kew	MAF 46
2	1772-1951: Holyhead and Shrewsbury Roads	The National Archives, Kew	MT 27
3	1858-1996: Office of Works and successors: Royal Parks and Pleasure Gardens: Brompton Cemetery Working Plans	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 98
4	1867-2006: Office of Works and successors: Royal Parks and Pleasure Gardens: Brompton Cemetery: Unregistered Files, Papers, Drawings and Photographs	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 100
5	1879-1992: Records of the Regions
6	1852-1920: Treasury: Books of Out-letters concerning Works and Public Buildings	The National Archives, Kew	T 26
7	1842-2001: Office of Works and successors: Royal Parks and Pleasure Gardens:London Region Estate Management: Registered Files (prefix LRE/D)	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 99
8	1851-1926: Treasury Solicitor and Office of Works: Registers	The National Archives, Kew	TS 41
9	1746-1988: Treasury Solicitor: Registered Files, Office of Works and successors (WORKS Series)	The National Archives, Kew	TS 59
10	1730-1881: Office of Works: General Letter Books	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 1
11	1725-1881: Office of Works: Treasury Letter Books	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 2
12	1685-1923: Office of Works: Miscellaneous Letter Books	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 3
13	1638-1924: Office of Works: Accounts	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 5
14	1609-1975: Office of Works and successors: Miscellanea	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 6
15	c1700-1915: Office of Works: Deeds, Series I	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 7
16	1710-1904: Office of Works: Deeds, Series II	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 8
17	1748-1882: Epping Forest Commissioners: correspondence, papers and maps	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 9
18	1834-1977: Office of Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Buildings and successors: Public Buildings, Overseas: Registered Files	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 10
19	1709-1973: Office of Works and successors: Houses of Parliament: Registered Files	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 11
20	1731-1990: Office of Works and successors: Public Buildings, England and Wales: Registered Files	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 12
21	1844-1951: Office of Works and successors: Deeds, Series III (Contract Rolls)	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 13
22	1699-1998: Office of Works and successors: Ancient Monuments and Historic Buildings: Registered Files	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 14
23	1902-1975: Office of Works and successors: Osborne House: Registered Files	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 15
24	1736-2007: Office of Works and successors: Royal Parks and Pleasure Gardens: Registered Files	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 16
25	1794-1990: Office of Works and successors: Art and Science Buildings: Registered Files	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 17
26	1865-1874: Office of Works: Proposed Westminster Boulevard: Correspondence and Papers	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 18
27	1689-1981: Office of Works and successors: Royal Palaces: Registered Files	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 19
28	1810-1988: Office of Works and successors: Statues and Memorials: Registered Files	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 20
29	1727-1987: Office of Works and successors: Ceremonial: Registered Files	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 21
30	1802-1988: Office of Works and successors: Administration (General) and Establishment: Correspondence and Papers	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 22
31	1919-1923: Office of Works: Ministry of Labour Training Centres: Correspondence and Papers	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 23
32	1614-1937: Office of Works: Deeds, Series IV	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 24
33	1936-1951: Office of Works and successors: Royal Ordnance Factories: Correspondence and Papers	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 26
34	1698-1947: Office of Works and successors: Houses of Parliament: Plans and Drawings	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 29
35	1656-1964: Office of Works and successors: Public Buildings in England: Plans and Drawings	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 30
36	1653-1989: Office of Works and successors: Royal Parks and Pleasure Gardens: Plans and Drawings	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 32
37	1815-1952: Office of Works and successors: Art and Science Buildings: Plans and Drawings	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 33
38	1662-1949: Office of Works and successors: Royal Palaces: Plans and Drawings	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 34
39	1821-1958: Office of Works and successors: Statues and Memorials: Plans and Drawings	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 35
40	1685-1936: Office of Works and successors: Ceremonial: Plans and Drawings	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 36
41	1843-1952: Office of Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Buildings and successors: Osborne House: Plans and Drawings	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 37
42	1662-1951: Office of Works and successors: Miscellaneous Plans and Drawings	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 38
43	1852-1952: Office of Works and successors: Public Buildings, Overseas: Plans and Drawings	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 40
44	1919-1945: Ministry of Works and predecessors: Official History of the Second World War, Works and Buildings: Unpublished Sources	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 46
45	1716-1999: Office of Works and successors: Government Property Registers	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 50
46	1899-2016: Office of Works and successors: Government Art Collection: Registered Files	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 54
47	1898-1962: Office of Works and successors: Public Buildings, Overseas: Photographs	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 55
48	1903-1912: Admiralty, Director General of Works: Registered Files and Other Records	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 81
49	1918-1979: Ministry of Works and successors: Public Health Engineers, Structural Engineers and New Works Engineers: Registered Files (WS Series)	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 85
50	1841-1973: Office of Works and successors: Royal Parks and Pleasure Gardens: Garden Books	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 86
51	1598-2005: Office of Works and successors: Deeds Registers	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 87
52	2002: Office of Works and successors: proposals for Whitehall: photographs of models of 1869-1870, 1972 and 1979		WORK 90
53	1712-1992: Office of Works and successors: Deeds, Series V	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 91
54	1933-1998: Kensington Palace Building and Operations Records: Registered Files and Papers	The National Archives, Kew	CM 73
55	1840-2010: Office of Works and successors: Royal Parks and Pleasure Gardens: Brompton Cemetery Records	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 97
56	1852-1994: Property Services Agency: Proposed Official History: Collected Source Material	The National Archives, Kew	CM 68
57	1609-2011: Records of the successive Works departments, and the Ancient Monuments Boards and Inspectorate	The National Archives, Kew	WORK
58	1904: Photographs extracted from WORK series	The National Archives, Kew	CN 23
59	1879-1998: Records created or inherited by the Property Services Agency	The National Archives, Kew	CM
60	1609-2005: Corporate and Administrative Records	The National Archives, Kew
61	1689-2002: Records of the Directorate General of Works, its predecessors and successors, relating to royal, government and public buildings and works in the United Kingdom and overseas
62	1653-2001: Records of the Royal Parks Division
63	1920-1997: Ministry of Housing and Local Government and Department of the Environment: Historic Buildings and Ancient Monuments, Registered Files (HB Series)	The National Archives, Kew	HLG 126

Related record creators
	Record creator	Description of relationship	Dates	Category of relationship
1	Ministry of Works and Buildings	Successor/Predecessor		See Also