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Series

Ordnance Survey: Central Registry: Selected Personal Files

Catalogue reference: OS 10

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OS 10

This series consists of personal files of employees of the Ordnance Survey, who were either of exceptional importance or had interesting careers within the Survey. They are SO or CR files (otherwise in OS 1).

Full description and record details

Reference
OS 10
Title
Ordnance Survey: Central Registry: Selected Personal Files
Date
1919-1974
Description

This series consists of personal files of employees of the Ordnance Survey, who were either of exceptional importance or had interesting careers within the Survey. They are SO or CR files (otherwise in OS 1).

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
SO and CR file series
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical description
4 file(s)
Access conditions
Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Subjects
Topics
Maps and plans
Selection and destruction information
The great majority of personal files of staff are destroyed, either within five years of the individual's death or when the person concerned reaches his or her eighty-fifth birthday.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11428/

Catalogue hierarchy

Over 27 million records

This record is held at The National Archives, Kew

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Within the department: OS

Records of the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain

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Ordnance Survey: Central Registry: Selected Personal Files

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