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Catalogue description Office of Works and successors: Public Buildings, England and Wales: Registered Files
| Reference: | WORK 12 |
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| Title: | Office of Works and successors: Public Buildings, England and Wales: Registered Files |
| Description: |
This series contains correspondence and papers (including a few plans) and registered files relating to government offices, courts of law and other public buildings in England and Wales. They cover the whole field of the acquisition and disposal of sites and properties; and the design, erection, and maintenance of the various buildings, mainly major developments in London, such as the Royal Courts of Justice in the Strand, the Public Record Office in Chancery Lane, numerous buildings in Whitehall, headquarters accommodation in London for various ministries, and the General Post Office at St Martin's Le Grand. A few files relate to buildings outside London. Most of the files were registered, mainly in the AJ, HEA and LRE series, although several other and some later file series are also represented, including AE, AH, AK, AP, CH, DCA and ESS. Some earlier papers are in unregistered folders. Some files date from after the creation of the Department of the Environment and the Property Services Agency. |
| Date: | 1731-1990 |
| Related material: |
Related records of the Property Services Agency are in For related plans and drawings, see WORK 30 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | AJ, HEA and LRE file series |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Department of the Environment, 1970-1997 Ministry of Public Building and Works, Controller Generals Division, 1967-1970 Ministry of Public Building and Works, Directorate General of Works, 1962-1967 Ministry of Works and Buildings, Directorate of Works, 1940-1942 Ministry of Works and Planning, Directorate of Works, 1942-1943 Ministry of Works, Directorate General of Works, 1946-1962 Ministry of Works, Directorate of Works, 1943-1945 Office of Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Buildings, Works Department, 1832-1851 Office of Works, 1378-1832 Office of Works, 1851-1940 Office of Works, Architects and Surveyors Division, 1902-1914 Office of Works, Architects Division, 1914-1920 Office of Works, Directorate of Works, 1920-1940 Office of Works, Surveyors Division, 1901-1901 Property Services Agency, Directorate of Civil Accommodation, 1976-1990 |
| Physical description: | 1009 boxes and files |
| Access conditions: | Open |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
from 2006 Office of the Deputy Prime Minister from 1934 Office of Works |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing |
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