Ministry of Works

This page summarises records created by this Organisation

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:	1943-1962
History:	Created February 1943, inheriting functions of Ministry of Works and Planning. Also responsible for de-requisitioning of government property and compensation claims, and disposal of surplus buildings and stores. In July 1962, renamed the Ministry of Public Building and Works.
Functions, occupations and activities:	Government (central)
References:	IC; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C278168

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference
1	1943-1961: Office of Land Revenue Records and Enrolments: Enrolments by Deposit, Ministry of Works	The National Archives, Kew	LRRO 25
2	1858-1996: Office of Works and successors: Royal Parks and Pleasure Gardens: Brompton Cemetery Working Plans	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 98
3	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
4	1954-1977: Records of the Directorate of Civil Engineering Services
5	1951-1986: Records of the Directorate of Post Office Services
6	1879-1992: Records of the Regions
7	1951-1975: Treasury Solicitor: Registered Files: Ministry of Works (WORKS Yearly Series)	The National Archives, Kew	TS 51
8	1746-1988: Treasury Solicitor: Registered Files, Office of Works and successors (WORKS Series)	The National Archives, Kew	TS 59
9	1609-1975: Office of Works and successors: Miscellanea	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 6
10	1844-1951: Office of Works and successors: Deeds, Series III (Contract Rolls)	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 13
11	1698-1947: Office of Works and successors: Houses of Parliament: Plans and Drawings	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 29
12	1666-1977: Office of Works and successors: Ancient Monuments and Historic Buildings: Plans and drawings	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 31
13	1653-1989: Office of Works and successors: Royal Parks and Pleasure Gardens: Plans and Drawings	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 32
14	1662-1949: Office of Works and successors: Royal Palaces: Plans and Drawings	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 34
15	1843-1952: Office of Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Buildings and successors: Osborne House: Plans and Drawings	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 37
16	1878-1890: Office of Works: Ancient Monuments Inspectorate: Pitt Rivers' Sketch Books	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 39
17	1940-1980: Ministry of Works and Buildings and successors: Construction Industry and Building Materials: Registered Files	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 45
18	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
19	1946-1962: Ministry of Works: Regional Building Committees: Minutes	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 49
20	1716-1999: Office of Works and successors: Government Property Registers	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 50
21	1899-2016: Office of Works and successors: Government Art Collection: Registered Files	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 54
22	1898-1962: Office of Works and successors: Public Buildings, Overseas: Photographs	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 55
23	1959-1974: Ministry of Public Building and Works and Department of the Environment: Directorate of Research and Information and successors: Registered Files (RC Series)	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 78
24	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
25	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
26	1598-2005: Office of Works and successors: Deeds Registers	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 87
27	1952-1995: Fire at Hampton Court Palace, March 1986: Registered Files and Papers	The National Archives, Kew	CM 63
28	1955-1998: Office of Works and Successors: Registered Files: Deep Tube Shelters	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 95
29	1712-1992: Office of Works and successors: Deeds, Series V	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 91
30	1933-1998: Kensington Palace Building and Operations Records: Registered Files and Papers	The National Archives, Kew	CM 73
31	1957-1984: Ministry of Works: Historic Buildings Council for England: minutes and papers	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 94
32	1840-2010: Office of Works and successors: Royal Parks and Pleasure Gardens: Brompton Cemetery Records	The National Archives, Kew	WORK 97
33	1852-1994: Property Services Agency: Proposed Official History: Collected Source Material	The National Archives, Kew	CM 68
34	1835-1998: Department of the Environment: Royal Parks Division, Royal Parks Constabulary Branch: Registered Files (RPC Series)	The National Archives, Kew	AT 28
35	1609-2011: Records of the successive Works departments, and the Ancient Monuments Boards and Inspectorate	The National Archives, Kew	WORK
36	1934-1983: Department of Health and Social Security and predecessors: Accommodation: Registered Files (AC Series)	The National Archives, Kew	BN 11
37	1950 -1989: Property Services Agency and predecessors: South East Region: Registered Files and Papers	The National Archives, Kew	CM 18
38	1959-1972: Property Services Agency and predecessors: Directorate of Post Office Services: Registered Files (WL Series)	The National Archives, Kew	CM 50
39	1879-1998: Records created or inherited by the Property Services Agency	The National Archives, Kew	CM
40	1910-1995: Records of the Ministry of Works and successors
41	1609-2005: Corporate and Administrative Records	The National Archives, Kew
42	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
43	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
44	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
45	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
46	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
47	1919-1961: Ministry of Health and successors: Confidential General Registered Files (100,000 Series)	The National Archives, Kew	HLG 68
48	1946-1954: Ministry of Town and Country Planning and successors: Regional Physical Planning Committees: Registered Files (91692 Series)	The National Archives, Kew	HLG 83
49	1941-1945: Ministry of Town and Country Planning and predecessors: Greater London Plan, Working Papers of Professor Abercrombie	The National Archives, Kew	HLG 85
50	1941-1973: Ministry of Town and Country Planning and successors: National Parks and Countryside, General and Finance Registered Files (91808 and other Series)	The National Archives, Kew	HLG 92
51	1943-1959: Ministry of Health and successors: Planning and Redevelopment, Registered Files (99,200 Series)	The National Archives, Kew	HLG 104
52	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
53	1938-1981: Ministry of Housing and Local Government and predecessors and successor: Development Plans	The National Archives, Kew	HLG 119
54	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
55	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 Public Building and Works	Successor/Predecessor		See Also
2	Ministry of Works and Planning	Successor/Predecessor		See Also