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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and predecessors: Crichel Down Inquiry:...

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Reference MAF 236
Title Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and predecessors: Crichel Down Inquiry: Unregistered Papers
Date 1937-1970
Description

Records of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries including private office papers, permanent secretary's papers, and Land Division and Legal Department papers relating to the purchase of land at Crichel Down by the Air Ministry, the transfer of management of the land to the Ministry of Agriculture and its acquisition by the Commissioners of Crown Lands; also the public inquiry into the disposal of the land, the negotiations for the return of Crichel Down to its former owner and the resignation of the Minister of Agriculture.

Related material

Further papers dealing with Crichel Down will be found in: CRES 44 MAF 140 MAF 142 MAF 148 MAF 227 MAF 245

Held by The National Archives, Kew
Legal status Public Record(s)
Language

English

Physical description 69 file(s)
Access conditions Open