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Ordnance Establishments: Headquarters and Factory Records

Catalogue reference: SUPP 5

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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...

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Reference
SUPP 5
Title
Ordnance Establishments: Headquarters and Factory Records
Date
1664-1989
Description

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.

Note
Pieces 1639-1640 and 1642 were transferred to The National Archives before pieces 1606-1638. Piece 1641 has not yet been transferred.
Related material

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

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical description
1666 files and volumes
Access conditions
Open unless otherwise stated
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Subjects
Topics
Manufacturing
Weapons
Accruals
Series is accruing
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13713/

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