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Series
Public Record Office: Conservation and Rebinding of Great and Little Domesday: Records
Catalogue reference: PRO 83
What's it about?
PRO 83
These records comprise three main components: diaries of work carried out on the Domesday Books (and by whom) and photographs of the rebinding and conservation; samples of materials employed to conserve these records; and, transparent images of...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PRO 83
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Title (The name of the record)
- Public Record Office: Conservation and Rebinding of Great and Little Domesday: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1984-1986
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Description (What the record is about)
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These records comprise three main components: diaries of work carried out on the Domesday Books (and by whom) and photographs of the rebinding and conservation; samples of materials employed to conserve these records; and, transparent images of the work carried out. At the time of accessioning it was unclear whether the latter transparencies were to be scanned for preservation or the actual transparencies to be preserved.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arranged in chronological order (where possible to do so).
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Public Record Office, 1838-2003
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 8 notebooks, photographs and slides
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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in 2015 The National Archives
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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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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- The records have been in the custody of the Collection Care Department of The National Archives since their creation.
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1984 to 1986
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is not accruing.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Acquisition theme 3.1.5 cultural policy. The work carried out on the Domesday Books form part of their provenance and value. Consequently, these records need to be preserved.
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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 origins of the Public Record Office Conservation Department dates back to 1838 when an office was planned to be established at 3 Whitehall Yard for the arranging and repairing of records. Since this date, a Conservation Department continued to exist within the Public Record Office. The Conservation Department changed its name to Collection Care Department in 2003.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12114600/
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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