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Tyneham, 1972 - 1975

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/FEBR 2/25

Scope and Contents

Papers and correspondence, mainly with the Friends of Tyneham Society [? earlier the 1943 Committee], on the campaign for the vacating of Tyneham (Dorset Army Coastal Ranges), near Lulworth, by the armed forces. Other correspondents include: Lord Winterbottom [Government spokesman on defence]; Robert Brown and Lord Brayley, Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State for Defence for the Army; Frederick Bishop, Director-General of the National Trust (2); 6th Lord Carrington, Secretary of State for Defence; 2nd Lord Caldecote [earlier Robert Inskip]. Includes copies of Hansard with Questions and debates on the issue and rough notes for a speech by AFB.

Also includes material on the proposal that the returned area should be a National Park in Purbeck.

Dates

  • Creation: 1972 - 1975

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.

Extent

5 file(s)

Other Finding Aids

Former reference: box 33 #172

Related Materials

See also FEBR 3/90.

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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