Item 001 - Heathrow Airport Air Ministry Property Record

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UWLA/HA/01/02/001

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Heathrow Airport Air Ministry Property Record

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  • 1945 - 1965 (Creation)

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1 volume

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Includes details of purchases made by the Air Ministry for various Freeholds in Harmondsworth, Harlington, Stanwell and Bedfont/Hounslow from individual vendors 1945 - 1946; details of sales/leasing and transfer of conveyance of sites within Heathrow Airport by air ministry to various companies 1950 to 1965; ‘L4’ plans of the local area which have been heavily annotated with numbers which relate to the property record; Air Ministry plans of ‘London Airport’ (dated 1963) showing various office blocks, terminals and other spaces and their respective sites highlighted and numbered in accordance with the property record; and records and respective plans for the installation of lighting poles and noise defenses. Includes information on the file number, vendor or lessor, freehold or other, parish, ordnance number, detail areas, total areas, purchase price, outgoings, date of deed and remarks.

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          Plans to be removed, flattened and packaged separately in plan folders, conservation work on damaged plans and pages, new binding

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