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Series
Public Record Office: General Correspondence
Catalogue reference: PRO 1
What's it about?
PRO 1
This is the main series of Public Record Office correspondence, dealing with all the department's functions down to 1955, though there are one of two papers of later date. Matters dealt with include the transfer and deposit of records and their...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PRO 1
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Title (The name of the record)
- Public Record Office: General Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1819-1955
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Description (What the record is about)
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This is the main series of Public Record Office correspondence, dealing with all the department's functions down to 1955, though there are one of two papers of later date. Matters dealt with include the transfer and deposit of records and their availability to the public; office publications, and domestic matters such as staffing and accommodation.
Between 1836 to 1838 the papers concern the administration of the record service prior to the establishment of the Public Record Office.
The series also contains a few papers of Lord Romilly and Lord Langdale as Masters of the Rolls, and of W H Black, an assistant keeper of the records from 1841 to 1853.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
From 1836 to 1930 the arrangement is chronological; from 1931 by subject files.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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This series contains a single stray of the OE series more of which is in LRRO 36
Entries of in and out-letters 1838 to 1843 (Nos. 85 to 91) and 1852 to 1902 (Nos. 1-72) are in PRO 2
For later correspondence files see: PRO 54 PRO 56 PRO 57
There are indexes to the series from 1838 to 1938 in PRO 34
Registers thereafter are in PRO 46
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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)
- 1657 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11919/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
96,788 records
Within the department: PRO
Domestic Records of the Public Record Office, Gifts, Deposits, Notes and Transcripts
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Public Record Office: General Correspondence
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