Record revealed
Hoax letter signed by ‘Jack the Ripper’
This is one of hundreds of letters in police files claiming to have been written by the infamous Whitechapel Murderer – otherwise known as 'Jack the Ripper'.
Piece
Police Scientific Development Branch/Thames Valley Police
Catalogue reference: HO 377/345
What’s it about?
This record is about the Police Scientific Development Branch/Thames Valley Police dating from 1980 in the series Home Office: Police Research and Planning Branch and successors: Reports. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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HO 377/345
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Date (When the record was created)
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1980
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Description (What the record is about)
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Police Scientific Development Branch/Thames Valley Police
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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19/80
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Closed Until 2005
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
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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
- Policing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1384979/
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Series information
HO 377
Home Office: Police Research and Planning Branch and successors: Reports
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Within the series: HO 377
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Police Scientific Development Branch/Thames Valley Police
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