Royal Commission on Historical Monuments; 1908-1999; Established by royal warrant in 1908, at the same time as similar bodies for Scotland and Wales, to make an inventory of all buildings, earthworks and stone constructions in England up to 1714. In 1943 the date limit was abolished and the commission set itself a limit of 1850 with discretion to record later buildings of outstanding significance. It could recommend the preservation of particular buildings but had no power to implement its recommendations. Powers to protect and repair monuments belonged to the Works Departments, working through the Ancient Monuments Inspectorate, until 1970, and were then exercised by the Department of the Environment.The results of the commission' s work are made available to the public as the National Monuments Record. Since 1963 this has included the National Buildings Record, which was established in 1941 to photograph and record buildings liable to be destroyed by enemy action. RCHME merged with English Heritage in 1999.
Strutt family of Belper