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Documents of the Rolls Royce Rocket Dept, Spadeadam
Catalogue reference: GB 0026 D5496
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This record is about the Documents of the Rolls Royce Rocket Dept, Spadeadam dating from 1950s-1997.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- GB 0026 D5496
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Title (The name of the record)
- Documents of the Rolls Royce Rocket Dept, Spadeadam
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1950s-1997
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Description (What the record is about)
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These records relate to the community of employees at Spadeadam, including the pageant that they organised at Naworth Castle in 1960.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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<p>For other Rolls Royce Rocket records see D567, D4660, D4907, D5290.</p>
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Derbyshire Record Office
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <corpname>Rolls-Royce Ltd, Rolls-Royce Rocket Department, Spadeadam, Gilsland, Cumbria</corpname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 11 files
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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The records were donated to the Record Office in June 2001.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Spadeadam Rocket Project, at Gilsland near Carlisle, was managed by Rolls Royce.
Housing was provided for the employees at Greenfield and Millfield. Derek Dodds was involved in the Spadeadam project from the initial planning stage until he left in 1960. The site is now an RAF station, with a museum of the Spadeadam project.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/230cdfbd-67be-4c3d-84d5-9b0f4e0f1ee6/
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Documents of the Rolls Royce Rocket Dept, Spadeadam