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Catalogue description National Coal Board: Estates Branch
| Reference: | COAL 45 |
|---|---|
| Title: | National Coal Board: Estates Branch |
| Description: |
This series contains records of the National Coal Board Estates Branch including the Coal Industry Housing Association. There is also material created prior to nationalisation, much of which relates to the Regional Valuation Boards. |
| Date: | 1934-1994 |
| Arrangement: |
In date order and then by former reference. |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
National Coal Board, Estates Branch, 1947-1987 |
| Physical description: | 78 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 1987 British Coal Corporation |
| Publication note: |
For further information on this subject, see William Ashworth, The History of the British Coal Industry, Vol. 5, 1946-1982: The Nationalized Industry, (Oxford, 1986) cc 10. |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
Following the nationalisation of the coal industry in 1947, the National Coal Board became one of the largest owners of real estate in the country. Its holdings at this time included extensive areas of farmland and over 140,000 houses as well as operational land and buildings. The role of the Estates Branch was to manage the surface estates and housing, acquire land for various purposes and dispose of land and property no longer required. The Coal Industry Housing Association was set up by the Estates Branch in 1952 to build 19,842 houses in "manpower deficiency areas" as it was realised that if there were not sufficient houses near the collieries, recruitment and retention of pit workers would soon become a problem. |
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