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Ministry of Works and Buildings

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Date: 1940-1942
History: Created May 1940; inherited functions of the Office of Works. Also responsibilities for new civil works and buildings required by other government departments, and for post-war reconstruction. In July 1942 became the Ministry of Works and Planning.
Functions, occupations and activities: Government (central)
References: PROGuide; NCA Rules
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/C278166
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1858-1996: Office of Works and successors: Royal Parks and Pleasure Gardens: Brompton Cemetery Working Plans
The National Archives, Kew
WORK 98
2
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
3
1879-1992: Records of the Regions
4
1746-1988: Treasury Solicitor: Registered Files, Office of Works and successors (WORKS Series)
The National Archives, Kew
TS 59
5
1609-1975: Office of Works and successors: Miscellanea
The National Archives, Kew
WORK 6
6
1748-1882: Epping Forest Commissioners: correspondence, papers and maps
The National Archives, Kew
WORK 9
7
1844-1951: Office of Works and successors: Deeds, Series III (Contract Rolls)
The National Archives, Kew
WORK 13
8
1940-1980: Ministry of Works and Buildings and successors: Construction Industry and Building Materials: Registered Files
The National Archives, Kew
WORK 45
9
1919-1945: Ministry of Works and predecessors: Official History of the Second World War, Works and Buildings: Unpublished Sources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
10
1716-1999: Office of Works and successors: Government Property Registers
The National Archives, Kew
WORK 50
11
1899-2016: Office of Works and successors: Government Art Collection: Registered Files
The National Archives, Kew
WORK 54
12
1898-1962: Office of Works and successors: Public Buildings, Overseas: Photographs
The National Archives, Kew
WORK 55
13
1800-1996: Records created or inherited by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, and of successor and related bodies
The National Archives, Kew
HLG
14
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
15
1841-1973: Office of Works and successors: Royal Parks and Pleasure Gardens: Garden Books
The National Archives, Kew
WORK 86
16
1598-2005: Office of Works and successors: Deeds Registers
The National Archives, Kew
WORK 87
17
1712-1992: Office of Works and successors: Deeds, Series V
The National Archives, Kew
WORK 91
18
1840-2010: Office of Works and successors: Royal Parks and Pleasure Gardens: Brompton Cemetery Records
The National Archives, Kew
WORK 97
19
1852-1994: Property Services Agency: Proposed Official History: Collected Source Material
The National Archives, Kew
CM 68
20
1609-2011: Records of the successive Works departments, and the Ancient Monuments Boards and Inspectorate
The National Archives, Kew
WORK
21
1879-1998: Records created or inherited by the Property Services Agency
The National Archives, Kew
CM
22
1910-1995: Records of the Ministry of Works and successors
23
1609-2005: Corporate and Administrative Records
The National Archives, Kew
24
1910-1955: Ministry of Housing and Local Government and predecessors: Legal and Parliamentary Branch and predecessors: Housing Instruments and Consents
The National Archives, Kew
HLG 13
25
1891-1955: Ministry of Housing and Local Government and predecessors: Legal and Parliamentary Branch and predecessors: Housing Registers of Instruments and Consents
The National Archives, Kew
HLG 14
26
1840-1997: Ministry of Housing and Local Government and predecessors: Legal and Parliamentary Branch and predecessors: Public Health and Local Government Legislation, Bill Papers
The National Archives, Kew
HLG 29
27
1914-1966: Ministry of Health and successors: Local Government Divisions and successors: Local Authority Administration and Finance, Registered Files
The National Archives, Kew
HLG 53
28
1914-1976: Ministry of Housing and Local Government and predecessors: Local Government Divisions and predecessors: Air Pollution and Smoke Abatement, Registered Files (91213 Series)
The National Archives, Kew
HLG 55
29
1919-1961: Ministry of Health and successors: Confidential General Registered Files (100,000 Series)
The National Archives, Kew
HLG 68
30
1941-1951: Ministry of Works and Buildings and successors: Nuffield College Social Reconstruction Survey, Reports and Papers
The National Archives, Kew
HLG 82
31
1941-1945: Ministry of Town and Country Planning and predecessors: Greater London Plan, Working Papers of Professor Abercrombie
The National Archives, Kew
HLG 85
32
1943-1959: Ministry of Health and successors: Planning and Redevelopment, Registered Files (99,200 Series)
The National Archives, Kew
HLG 104
33
1928-1965: Ministry of Health and successors: Health Division and successors: General Health Questions and Foreign Correspondence, Registered Files (95,000 and 96,000 Series)
The National Archives, Kew
HLG 109
34
1938-1981: Ministry of Housing and Local Government and predecessors and successor: Development Plans
The National Archives, Kew
HLG 119
35
1928-1985: Ministry of Housing and Local Government and predecessors: Establishment Division and Establishment and Organisation Division: Registered Files (EST Series)
The National Archives, Kew
HLG 124
36
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 Planning
Successor/Predecessor
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2
Office of Works
Successor/Predecessor
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