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- 1889-1965 (Creation)
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45.6 linear metres
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The County Council acquired over the years large areas of land and many buildings, in order to carry out its statutory functions, and the responsibility for these properties fell to the Estates and Valuation service. The types of property acquired or leased have covered the widest possible range and included houses, shops, commercial premises, sports grounds, country estates and land for schools and highways improvements.
Management of all properties acquired until brought into use for operational purposes was a major responsibility, as instanced by the Green Belt estates extending to some 10,000 acres and comprising farm holdings, country estates, and golf courses acquired to prevent development, thus preserving the amenities of the countryside.
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MCC/CL/EH 1889-1965 Collection 45.6 linear metres MCC , Middlesex County Council x Middlesex County Council
The County Council acquired over the years large areas of land and many buildings, in order to carry out its statutory functions, and the responsibility for these properties fell to the Estates and Valuation service. The types of property acquired or leased have covered the widest possible range and included houses, shops, commercial premises, sports grounds, country estates and land for schools and highways improvements.
Management of all properties acquired until brought into use for operational purposes was a major responsibility, as instanced by the Green Belt estates extending to some 10,000 acres and comprising farm holdings, country estates, and golf courses acquired to prevent development, thus preserving the amenities of the countryside.
Acquired with the records of its parent authority, the Middlesex County Council, and with successor authorities.
Records of the Middlesex County Council Clerk's Department relating to estates and housing, 1889-1965, including index cards listing MCC properties; index cards of properties in the Green Belt, and files relating to the administration of MCC properties and land, including some deeds, purchase information, correspondence, plans and photographs. Properties and structures include housing estates, a pumping station, an electricity sub-station, fire stations, footpaths, open spaces, playing fields and sports grounds, civil defence training premises, railway extension, hospital, offices, highways and schools.
Also plans of a clinic, housing estates, schools, street layouts, a sports ground, allotments, a police station and a court house.
MCC/CL/EH/01: General administration; MCC/CL/EH/02: Food production and allotments; MCC/CL/EH/PL: Plans.
Available for general access.
Copyright to these records rests with the Corporation of London.
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
See also MCC/CL/L/EH (Clerk's Legal Department Estates and Housing).
For further information on the history of the Middlesex County Council please see Middlesex by Sir Clifford Radcliffe (2 editions, 1939 and 1953), LMA Library reference 97.09 MID; and The County Council of the Administrative County of Middlesex: 76 years of local government, 1 April 1889 to 31 March 1965, by Middlesex County Council (1965), LMA library reference S97.09 MID.
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Acquired with the records of its parent authority, the Middlesex County Council, and with successor authorities.
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Records of the Middlesex County Council Clerk's Department relating to estates and housing, 1889-1965, including index cards listing MCC properties; index cards of properties in the Green Belt, and files relating to the administration of MCC properties and land, including some deeds, purchase information, correspondence, plans and photographs. Properties and structures include housing estates, a pumping station, an electricity sub-station, fire stations, footpaths, open spaces, playing fields and sports grounds, civil defence training premises, railway extension, hospital, offices, highways and schools.
Also plans of a clinic, housing estates, schools, street layouts, a sports ground, allotments, a police station and a court house.
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MCC/CL/EH/01: General administration; MCC/CL/EH/02: Food production and allotments; MCC/CL/EH/PL: Plans.
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Available for general access.
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Copyright to these records rests with the Corporation of London.
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- English
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- Latin
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English
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See also MCC/CL/L/EH (Clerk's Legal Department Estates and Housing).
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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- English