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Office of Works and successors: Ceremonial: Registered Files
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| Reference | WORK 21 |
|---|---|
| Title | Office of Works and successors: Ceremonial: Registered Files |
| Date | 1727-1987 |
| Description | This series contains correspondence, accounts, press cuttings, and other papers relating to arrangements for marriages, coronations, jubilees and funerals of royal persons; the thanksgiving service for the recovery of the Prince of Wales, 1872; the funerals of the Duke of Wellington, 1852, and Winston Churchill, 1965; the Investiture of the Prince of Wales, 1969, important public occasions, peace celebrations and visits by foreign royalty or heads of government. Most of the files were registered in the AE series, although there are also a few from the AL, EG and SP series. 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. |
| Related material |
For related plans and drawings, see WORK 36 Records of the Lord Chamberlain's Office relating to special royal events from 1500 to 1911 are in LC 2 |
| Held by | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department | AE 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 |
| Physical description | 447 files, flat sheets and volumes |
| Access conditions | Open |
| Immediate source of acquisition |
From 2008 Department for Culture, Media and Sport |
| Accruals | Series is accruing |
| Administrative/ biographical background | The Office of the King's Works and its successors were responsible for providing the structures and decorations required for major ceremonial occasions from the Middle Ages onwards, although surviving records of the Office of Works date only from the eighteenth century and later. The overall planning and organisation of most such events was the responsibility of the Lord Chamberlain's Office within the Royal Household, with which the Office of Works and its successors worked closely. |
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