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Series
Office of Works: General Letter Books
Catalogue reference: WORK 1
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WORK 1
The volumes up to 1832 in this series are entry books letters to (in letters) and from (out letters) the Office of Works; the remainder contain out letters only. From 1832 to 1851 the entry books were kept by the Works Department of the Office of...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WORK 1
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Title (The name of the record)
- Office of Works: General Letter Books
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1730-1881
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Description (What the record is about)
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The volumes up to 1832 in this series are entry books letters to (in letters) and from (out letters) the Office of Works; the remainder contain out letters only. From 1832 to 1851 the entry books were kept by the Works Department of the Office of Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Buildings.
Each volume from 1815 to 1818 and from 1832 to 1871 contains its own index.
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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)
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- Office of Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Buildings, Works Department, 1832-1851
- Office of Works, 1378-1832
- Office of Works, 1851-1940
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 168 volume(s)
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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
- Forestry
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14602/
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