Catalogue description Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Departments, and related bodies: Various Awards and Orders

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Title: Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Departments, and related bodies: Various Awards and Orders
Description:

This series comprises various awards and orders made under the Enclosure Acts, the Land Clauses Consolidation Act 1845, the Commonable Rights Compensation Act 1882 and the Copyhold Act 1854.

They include boundary awards (which supplement the enclosure awards), orders amending enclosure awards, and orders and awards dealing with applications for the appointment, investment and disposal of compensation moneys.
Date: 1845-1963
Arrangement:

Abbreviations used in the listing of these documents are:

  • B.A. = 'Boundary Award'
  • C.M.A.A. = 'Compensation Money (Apportionment) Award'
  • C.M.A.O. = 'Compensation Money (Application) Order'
  • C.M.I.O. = 'Compensation Money (Investment) Order'
  • O.A.A. = 'Order Amending Award'
  • S.M.D.A. = 'Surplus Money Disposal Award'
  • D.A. = 'Drainage Award'
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Board of Agriculture, 1889-1903

Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1903-1919

Copyhold, Inclosure and Tithe Commission, 1851-1882

Land Commissioners for England, 1882-1889

Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1919-1955

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1955-2001
Physical description: 259 roll(s)
Access conditions: Open

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