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Series
Ordnance Establishments: Headquarters and Factory Records
Catalogue reference: SUPP 5
What's it about?
SUPP 5
This series contains entry books and miscellaneous records of Ordnance offices and individual ordnance and munitions factories, including the Royal Ordnance Factories at Woolwich, Waltham Abbey and elsewhere.The series also includes annual...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SUPP 5
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ordnance Establishments: Headquarters and Factory Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1664-1989
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains entry books and miscellaneous records of Ordnance offices and individual ordnance and munitions factories, including the Royal Ordnance Factories at Woolwich, Waltham Abbey and elsewhere.
The series also includes annual reports of the Master General (later Controller) of Ordnance.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Pieces 1639-1640 and 1642 were transferred to The National Archives before pieces 1606-1638. Piece 1641 has not yet been transferred.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For further records of the Research Department Woolwich and successors, see DEFE 15
Other records about cordite production are in ADM 322
Admiralty Naval Ordnance laboratory reports are in ADM 257
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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)
- 1666 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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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
- Manufacturing
- Weapons
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13713/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: SUPP
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Ordnance Establishments: Headquarters and Factory Records
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