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Office of Works and successors: Ancient Monuments and Historic Buildings: Registered...
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| Reference | WORK 14 |
|---|---|
| Title | Office of Works and successors: Ancient Monuments and Historic Buildings: Registered Files |
| Date | 1699-1998 |
| Description | This series contains correspondence and papers relating to ancient monuments and historic buildings, on subjects including repair works and maintenance, acquisitions and taking into guardianship and details of archaeological excavations. The majority of the files were registered in the AA series, with some relating to historic buildings in the AE series, but 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. A few early files relate to Welsh sites. |
| Note |
Pieces 3347-3351 will be transferred at a later date. |
| Related material |
Monthly reports of the Ancient Monuments Branch in BD 42 For related plans and drawings, see WORK 31 Other related material may be found among the records of the Historic Buildings Council for Wales in BD 34 |
| Separated material |
Files re-registered in the HB series of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government are in |
| Held by | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department | AA, AE and AM file series |
| Legal status | Public Record(s) |
| Language |
English |
| Creator |
Department of National Heritage, 1992-1997 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 Works, Directorate of Works, 1920-1940 Ordnance Office, Board of Ordnance, 1683-1855 Property Services Agency, Directorate of Civil Accommodation, 1976-1990 War Office, 1857-1964 War Office, Fortifications Branch, 1855-1862 War Office, Master General of the Ordnance, Directorate of Fortifications and Works, 1904-1927 War Office, Quarter Master General, Directorate General of Works, 1959-1963 War Office, Quarter Master General, Directorate of Fortifcations and Works, 1935-1959 War Office, Works Department, 1862-1870 War Office, Works Division, 1870-1887 |
| Physical description | 3416 file(s) |
| Access conditions | Open unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition |
From 2021 Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport From 1935 Office of Works |
| Accruals | Series is accruing |
| Administrative/ biographical background | The Ordnance Board was created within the War Office, from the Board of Ordnance in 1855. It consisted of a committee of munitions experts, whosepurpose was to advise the newly-formed Army Council on the safety and approvalof weapons. The registered files for ancient monuments and historic buildingswere held within the war office under various sub-departments until its transfer to the Department of the Environment, and later to DCMS where the file series was continued. |
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