Catalogue description Office of Works and successors: Royal Parks and Pleasure Gardens: Garden Books

This series comprises entry books covering a number of aspects of the administration of the royal gardens, parks and other open areas in the care of the Office of Works and its successors.

The records cover the period 1841 to 1973 and include accounts and other financial details for services, goods and staff wages (including policy on sick pay), ledgers containing details relating to the employment of staff (employees' names, pay, working hours, occupations), events, rules, offences committed in the parks (including policy for dealing with offences), bills received and a correspondence log.

Garden books from 1796-1817 LS 10

Accounts for royal parks and gardens LS 11

Garden bills for royal parks and gardens LS 12

Registered files on royal parks and gardens WORK 16

Plans and drawings of royal parks and gardens WORK 32

Department of the Environment, 1970-1997

Department of the Environment, Royal Parks and Palaces Division, 1981-1992

Ministry of Public Building and Works, Royal Parks Division, 1962-1970

Ministry of Works and Buildings, 1940-1942

Ministry of Works and Buildings, Royal Parks Division, 1940-1942

Ministry of Works and Planning, Royal Parks Division, 1942-1943

Office of Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Buildings, Works Department, 1832-1851

Office of Works, 1851-1940

Office of Works, Royal Parks Division, 1902-1940

From 2002 Historic Royal Palaces