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RefNoKCC2/D/CD/1/196
AltRefNoFile no. 111
TitlePremises for civil defence
DescriptionHome Office ARP department circular No. 203/1939 – Completion of report centres, first aid posts, service depots, etc, dated 28 August 1939. Home Office ARP department circular No. 198/1939 – Requisitioning of premises for civil defence purposes, dated 28 August 1939, also circular No. 216/1939 – Use of premises for civil defence. Circular letter from senior regional officer re compensation for premises requisitioned for civil defence. List of premises used for ARP purposes dated 13 October 1939 from T.H. Longstaff, county surveyor. Ministry of Home Security ARP department circular No. 277/1939. Confirmation of taking possession of land or premises for civil defence purposes, dated 20 October 1939. Ministry of Home Security circular No. 298/1939 – Procedure in connection with compensation for premises taken for civil defence purposes under Regulation 51 of the defence regulations, dated 4 November 1939. List of premises used for civil defence purposes for which a charge is being made. Ministry of Home Security circular No. 304/1939 – Use of school buildings for civil defence purposes. Circular No. 322/1939 on the same subject. Home Security circular No. 9/1940 – Taking of premises for civil defence purposes. Home Security circular No. 16/1940 – Premises taken under defence regulations, etc, advances to meet claims. Ministry of health circular No. 1949 – Casualty and government evacuation schemes. Occupation of premises with specimen forms, etc. Ministry of Home Security circular No. 126/1940 – Income tax (schedule A) and land tax in respect of premises taken under emergency powers. Correspondence re ambulance depot, Murkett’s Yard, Huntingdon, and Yarnold’s Garage, Huntingdon. Ministry of Home Security circular No. 263/1942 – Compensation (Defence) Act 1939, requisitioning of premises for civil defence purposes. Letter and plan of Trinity Place and surrounds, ‘Sunshine Chateaux’, Trinity Hall, etc. Various correspondence re ambulance deports, St Neots, Ramsey, St Ives. Further list of buildings occupies for civil defence purposes, and correspondence.
DateAugust 1939-January 1943
CreatorNameHuntingdonshire County Council
RepositoryHuntingdonshire Archives
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