Historic files now accessible to the public (From Darlington and Stockton Times)
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Historic files now accessible to the public
5:45pm Tuesday 29th January 2013 in News
By Ashley Barnard, Reporter (Richmond)
PARK’S BEGINNINGS: Historical files documenting the creation of the Yorkshire Dales National Park will soon be available to the public. The files, which include the paper designating the area as a National Park in 1953, have been handed over to the North Yorkshire County Record Office in Northallerton for archiving after being kept in storage at the authority’s offices in Bainbridge. Authority chief executive David Butterworth said: “These archives form part of the history of the park and are a priceless record of how an area of the countryside was identified as being special.”
