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Public Record Office: Maps, Plans and Photographs of the Chancery Lane Building
Catalogue reference: PRO 50
What's it about?
PRO 50
This series consists mainly of plans of the floors, of the electrical, heating and hot water systems and of the layout of the museum in the Public Record Office's Chancery Lane building. It includes photographs, 1896-1965, of staff and various...
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PRO 50
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Title (The name of the record)
- Public Record Office: Maps, Plans and Photographs of the Chancery Lane Building
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Date (When the record was created)
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1896-1965
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists mainly of plans of the floors, of the electrical, heating and hot water systems and of the layout of the museum in the Public Record Office's Chancery Lane building. It includes photographs, 1896-1965, of staff and various internal and external views of the building.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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59 flat sheets, photographs and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Chancery Lane site was first occupied in 1232 by a hostel for Jews converted to the Christian faith. After the expulsion of the Jews from England in 1290, it accommodated officials of the law court of Chancery, the most senior of them being the Master of the Rolls, who from 1377 to 1837 used the buildings as an official residence, a storage place for records and a court. The site was surrendered by him in 1837 for the new Public Record Office.
The present buildings were erected in stages between 1851 and 1902 (architects Sir James Pennethorne and Sir John Taylor). The museum incorporates glass and monuments from a chapel formerly on the site.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12089/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
96,787 records
Within the department: PRO
Domestic Records of the Public Record Office, Gifts, Deposits, Notes and Transcripts
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Public Record Office: Maps, Plans and Photographs of the Chancery Lane Building
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