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Series
Ordnance Survey: Boundaries Branch: Parish Name Books
Catalogue reference: OS 23
What's it about?
OS 23
This series consists of Ordnance Survey files of plans, notes and other papers relating to the spelling of parish names and to parish boundaries, with the authority for any changes. Some files also contain the names of the principal landowners,...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- OS 23
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ordnance Survey: Boundaries Branch: Parish Name Books
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1850-1945
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of Ordnance Survey files of plans, notes and other papers relating to the spelling of parish names and to parish boundaries, with the authority for any changes. Some files also contain the names of the principal landowners, agents, clergymen and churchwardens, and information on the status and dedication of churches, and the state of titles, manors, rates and taxes in the parish. The files relate to parishes in England and Wales (and one or two in Scotland).
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Alphabetical by parish name
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1090 files and flat sheets
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- These documents show some signs of damage by fire, but little information seems to have been lost.
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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
- Manors
- Taxation
- Religions
- Maps and plans
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11441/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
278,790 records
Within the department: OS
Records of the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain
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Ordnance Survey: Boundaries Branch: Parish Name Books
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