The Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England was a government advisory body responsible for documenting buildings and monuments of archaeological, architectural and historical importanc
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Historic England is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. It is tasked with protecting the historic environment
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England
…the parallel commissions for Scotland and Wales); and was merged with English Heritage in 1999. The research section and the archive are now part of Historic England. The Royal Commission was established in 1908, twenty-six years after the passage of the Ancient Monuments Protection Act 1882, which provided the first…
Historic England's Swindon office, home to its archives
Historic England's former London office at Holborn Bars