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Series
Royal Hospital Chelsea: Accounts and Finance Papers
Catalogue reference: WO 245
What's it about?
WO 245
This series contains general, household and treasurer's audit account books, medical and other bills, hospital expenditure abstract books, salary books and various estimates.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WO 245
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Title (The name of the record)
- Royal Hospital Chelsea: Accounts and Finance Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1702-1947
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains general, household and treasurer's audit account books, medical and other bills, hospital expenditure abstract books, salary books and various estimates.
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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)
- Royal Hospital Chelsea, 1682-1682
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 134 files and volumes
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14451/
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