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Series
Office of Works: Deeds, Series I
Catalogue reference: WORK 7
What's it about?
WORK 7
This is the first series of title deeds of the Commissioners of Works, together with contracts for works and subsequent conveyances and leases by the Commissioners of surplus property which they had acquired.The records in this series relate...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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WORK 7
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Title (The name of the record)
- Office of Works: Deeds, Series I
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Date (When the record was created)
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c1700-1915
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Description (What the record is about)
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This is the first series of title deeds of the Commissioners of Works, together with contracts for works and subsequent conveyances and leases by the Commissioners of surplus property which they had acquired.
The records in this series relate mainly to the Royal Courts of Justice and to Metropolitan improvements. They also contain deeds of guardianship of ancient monuments and historic buildings, and deeds relating to Ministry of Pensions hospitals and the Duke of York's School, Dover.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Enrolments of such deeds are in E 159 LRRO 13 LRRO 14
Deeds to which the commissioners were a party were enrolled in the Office of Land Revenue Records and Enrolments in:
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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)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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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)
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84 box(es)
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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/C14608/
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