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Catalogue description Office of Works and successors: Statues and Memorials: Registered Files
| Reference: | WORK 20 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Office of Works and successors: Statues and Memorials: Registered Files |
| Description: |
This series contains files and papers relating to the erection and maintenance of public statues and memorials, mainly in London, and the regulation of the use of Trafalgar Square. Most of the files were registered in the AF 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. |
| Date: | 1810-1988 |
| Related material: |
For related plans and drawings, see WORK 35 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | AF 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, 1901-1901 Property Services Agency, Directorate of Civil Accommodation, 1976-1990 |
| Physical description: | 371 boxes and files |
| Access conditions: | Open |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The Office of Works first acquired responsibility for statues and memorials in London under the Public Statues Act of 1854. Its responsibilities extended gradually beyond those named in the schedule to the Act, to encompass not merely individual pieces, but also the management of Trafalgar Square and Parliament Square. |
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