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Catalogue description Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food; Land Tenure Divisions and Agricultural Land Service: Registered Files, Management of Land Transferred from the Agricultural Land Commission (ML Series)
| Reference: | MAF 348 |
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| Title: | Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food; Land Tenure Divisions and Agricultural Land Service: Registered Files, Management of Land Transferred from the Agricultural Land Commission (ML Series) |
| Description: |
This series contains records of various Land Tenure Divisions and of the Agricultural Land Service relating to the management of land transferred to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food from the Agricultural Land Commission following its abolition in December 1963. The commission was replaced by the Estate Management Committee, whose minutes are included in the series. There are also examples to illustrate the ministry's policy as landlord including the estate at Laxton, Nottinghamshire, which is the last place in Europe where a medieval open-field agricultural system is still practised. Most files dealing with particular estates contain plans or maps. |
| Date: | 1952-1979 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | ML file series |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Agricultural Development and Advisory Service, Lands Branch, 1971-1997 Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Land Division I, Agricultural Land Service, 1948-1953 Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Land Division, Agricultural Land Service, 1953-1955 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Land Division II, Agricultural Land Service, 1955-1958 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Land Management Division, Agricultural Land Service, 1958-1967 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Land Tenure Division, 1966-1972 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Land Use and Smallholdings Division, 1962-1966 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Land Use and Tenure Division, 1972-1996 |
| Physical description: | 59 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Open |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food , from 1996 |
| Accumulation dates: | 1963 onwards |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The Agricultural Land Commission was replaced by the Estate Management Committee (EMC), supported by the headquarters divisions, with the Agricultural Land Service (ALS) continuing to act as the local land agent. The committee was composed of senior staff from the divisions and ALS, and chaired by the Director of the ALS. Properties handled by the Welsh Agricultural Land Sub-Commission were transferred to the Welsh Department. |
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