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National Coal Board (NCB): colliery closures
Catalogue reference: BD 40/218
What’s it about?
This record is about the National Coal Board (NCB): colliery closures dating from 1969 Jan 01 - 1969 Dec 31 in the series Welsh Office: Economic Planning Division: Registered Files (EP Series). It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BD 40/218
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1969 Jan 01 - 1969 Dec 31
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Description (What the record is about)
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National Coal Board (NCB): colliery closures
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- EP 32/17/3
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Coal
- Mining and quarrying
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11268426/
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Series information
BD 40
Welsh Office: Economic Planning Division: Registered Files (EP Series)
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Welsh Office: Economic Planning Division: Registered Files (EP Series)
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National Coal Board (NCB): colliery closures
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