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Office of Land Revenue Records and Enrolments: Enrolments by Deposit, Board of Trade

Catalogue reference: LRRO 17

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LRRO 17

Enrolments of deeds and instruments relating to the purchase, sale, lease and exchange of foreshores which, as Crown lands, were subject to the provisions for enrolment in the Office of Land Revenue Records and Enrolments.These enrolments by...

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LRRO 17

Title
Office of Land Revenue Records and Enrolments: Enrolments by Deposit, Board of Trade
Date

1868-1948

Description

Enrolments of deeds and instruments relating to the purchase, sale, lease and exchange of foreshores which, as Crown lands, were subject to the provisions for enrolment in the Office of Land Revenue Records and Enrolments.

These enrolments by deposit date from the period when the administration of foreshores had passed in 1866 from the Office of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues to the Board of Trade, where it was the responsibility of the Harbour Department until 1919 and of the Marine Department until 1939, when it passed to the Ministry of Shipping.

Related material

Further records on foreshores are in CRES 37 LRRO 64 LRRO 66

Reference to the enrolments in this series is by means of registers and indexes in

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • Board of Trade, Fisheries and Harbour Department, 1898-1904
  • Board of Trade, Harbour Department, 1867-1898
  • Board of Trade, Harbour Department, 1904-1918
  • Board of Trade, Marine Department, Harbour Department, 1864-1867
  • Board of Trade, Marine Department, Mercantile Marine Department, 1921-1939
  • Board of Trade, Public Utilities and Harbour Department, 1918-1919
  • Ministry of Shipping, 1939-1941
  • Office of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues, 1851-1924
Physical description

17 box(es)

Access conditions

Subject to 100 year closure

Subjects
Topics
Shipping
Trade and commerce
Crown lands and estates
Forestry
Unpublished finding aids
A card index of the names of parties to transactions after 1 July 1914 was compiled in the Office of Land Revenue Records and Enrolments. Please speak to staff at the enquiry desk for the precise location.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10333/

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