CLERK'S (LEGAL) DEPARTMENT: SMALLHOLDINGS
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : MCC/CL/L/SH |
Held at | : London Metropolitan Archives Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma › |
Full title | : CLERK'S (LEGAL) DEPARTMENT: SMALLHOLDINGS |
Date(s) | : 1927-1965 |
Level of description | : Collection |
Extent | : 0.83 linear metres |
Name of creator(s) | : MCC | Middlesex County Council x Middlesex County Council |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Middlesex County Council owned over 1,346 acres of agricultural land which was let to 400 tenants over the course of the Council's existence. The holdings varied in size from just over half and acre to 75 acres. With few exceptions the smaller holdings produced fruit and vegetables, pigs, poultry and eggs, whilst the larger holdings are used for dairy farming. Smallholdings were regarded as essential to the health of the industry, forming a 'ladder' for skilled agricultural workers, frequently leading to the occupation of larger farms outside the scheme.
All possible assistance and encouragement was given to the tenants in order to enable them to become successful smallholders, in return for which a high standard of production was required. Regulations were made by the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries governing the selection of tenants. These regulations provided that preference must be given to agricultural workers with at least five years experience and that tenancies had to be granted to applicants between the ages of 25 and 50.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Middlesex County Council Clerk's Legal Department relating to smallholdings, 1927-1965, including general papers; matters arising under the Smallholdings and Allotments Acts; papers relating to individual smallholdings including problems with land access, sale of land and construction works taking place on land.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
MCC/CL/L/SH-1: General.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to these records rests with the Corporation of London.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Acquired with the records of its parent authority, the Middlesex County Council, and with successor authorities.
Allied Materials
Related material:
Publication note:
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.
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Rules or conventions:
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.
Date(s) of descriptions:
April to June 2009
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