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Ministry of Works and Planning

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Date: 1942-1943
History: Created in July 1942, inheriting the functions of the Ministry of Works and Buildings, plus responsibility for all physical planning policy for England and Wales. In February 1943its functions passed to the new Ministry of Works.
Functions, occupations and activities: Government (central)
References: IC; NCA Rules
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/C278167
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
1844-1951: Office of Works and successors: Deeds, Series III (Contract Rolls)
The National Archives, Kew
WORK 13
7
1940-1980: Ministry of Works and Buildings and successors: Construction Industry and Building Materials: Registered Files
The National Archives, Kew
WORK 45
8
1919-1945: Ministry of Works and predecessors: Official History of the Second World War, Works and Buildings: Unpublished Sources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
9
1716-1999: Office of Works and successors: Government Property Registers
The National Archives, Kew
WORK 50
10
1899-2016: Office of Works and successors: Government Art Collection: Registered Files
The National Archives, Kew
WORK 54
11
1898-1962: Office of Works and successors: Public Buildings, Overseas: Photographs
The National Archives, Kew
WORK 55
12
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
13
1598-2005: Office of Works and successors: Deeds Registers
The National Archives, Kew
WORK 87
14
1712-1992: Office of Works and successors: Deeds, Series V
The National Archives, Kew
WORK 91
15
1840-2010: Office of Works and successors: Royal Parks and Pleasure Gardens: Brompton Cemetery Records
The National Archives, Kew
WORK 97
16
1852-1994: Property Services Agency: Proposed Official History: Collected Source Material
The National Archives, Kew
CM 68
17
1609-2011: Records of the successive Works departments, and the Ancient Monuments Boards and Inspectorate
The National Archives, Kew
WORK
18
1879-1998: Records created or inherited by the Property Services Agency
The National Archives, Kew
CM
19
1910-1995: Records of the Ministry of Works and successors
20
1609-2005: Corporate and Administrative Records
The National Archives, Kew
21
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
22
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
23
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
24
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
25
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
26
1919-1961: Ministry of Health and successors: Confidential General Registered Files (100,000 Series)
The National Archives, Kew
HLG 68
27
1941-1951: Ministry of Works and Buildings and successors: Nuffield College Social Reconstruction Survey, Reports and Papers
The National Archives, Kew
HLG 82
28
1941-1945: Ministry of Town and Country Planning and predecessors: Greater London Plan, Working Papers of Professor Abercrombie
The National Archives, Kew
HLG 85
29
1943-1959: Ministry of Health and successors: Planning and Redevelopment, Registered Files (99,200 Series)
The National Archives, Kew
HLG 104
30
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
31
1938-1981: Ministry of Housing and Local Government and predecessors and successor: Development Plans
The National Archives, Kew
HLG 119
32
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
33
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
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Ministry of Works
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Ministry of Works and Buildings
Successor/Predecessor
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