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Henry Savage Sweetman: the man who uncovered Ireland’s medieval history
Henry Savage Sweetman published the Calendar which translated over 8,000 Irish medieval records. But who was Sweetman and why did he complete this project?
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General Register Office Papers
Catalogue reference: HO 39/5
What’s it about?
This record is about the General Register Office Papers dating from 1838-1840 in the series Home Office: Various Departments Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HO 39/5
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1838-1840
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Description (What the record is about)
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General Register Office Papers
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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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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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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
- Census
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1325043/
Series information
HO 39
Home Office: Various Departments Correspondence
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Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
1,719,919 records
Within the department: HO
Records created or inherited by the Home Office, Ministry of Home Security, and related...
15 records
Within the series: HO 39
Home Office: Various Departments Correspondence
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General Register Office Papers
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