Catalogue description HATFIELD AND WELWYN GARDEN CITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS COMMISSION FOR THE NEW TOWNS

This catalogue represents part of a series of collections of Records of the Commission for the New Towns (reference CNT) which include:

CNT/HH Hemel Hempstead

CNT/ST Stevenage

CNT/WH Welwyn Garden City and Hatfield

CONTENTS

Minutes and Agenda

Development Corporations

Local Committee

Members of the Board

Correspondence and Reports

Compulsory Purchase Orders

Public Inquiry Papers

Transfer of Assets to Welwyn Hatfield

District Council

Contracts Documents

Licensed Premises Committee

Management Files

Estates Department

Freehold Files

Proposals Files

Other Files

Homestead Court Hotel, Welwyn Garden City

Files

Photographs and Film

General Series

Special Events and Occasions

Negatives

Cine Film

Maps and Plans

Publications and Miscellaneous Documents

Welwyn Garden City

Hatfield

Hatfield and Welwyn Garden City

General

Miscellaneous Items

The present list of these records is preliminary only. Most of the records were deposited on the understanding that only those considered to be of sufficient historical interest should be retained permanently. The appearance of any item in this list should not, therefore, be taken as indicating that it will necessarily form part of the permanent archive.

Commission for the New Towns, Hatfield and Welwyn Garden City Development Corporation, Hertfordshire

[Off acc 473, 477 (part), 486 (part), 495 (part), 508, 599]

• Urban development
• Urban planning

The CD-ROM The New Towns Record (available in the Library reading Room) contains information, photographs, books and documents relating to all New Towns, including a complete set of annual reports.

It includes copies of items held in HALS amongst the records of the Commission for the new Towns, though unfortunately it does not specify which items are held here and which are from other sources.

Before using any items listed in this catalogue, please consult The New Towns Record

Welwyn Garden City and Hatfield were the eighth and ninth New Towns to be created under the New Towns Act 1946, being designated on 20 May 1948. Although there was a Development Corporation for each town, the same personnel served on the Board of each and the administration was carried out by a single staff. On 1 April 1966 the Commission for the New Towns (which was established as a result of the New Towns Act 1959) took over the administration of the towns by means of two Local Committees. From September 1974 these were combined into a single local committee, which was wound up in June 1978. In November 1982 the Commission closed its Hertfordshire Offices and certain of its records which were no longer required for current administrative purposes were transferred to the County Record Office.

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