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Office of Works: Deeds, Series II
Catalogue reference: WORK 8
What's it about?
WORK 8
This is the second series of title deeds of the Commissioners of Works.The deeds relate to ancient monuments and historic buildings; art and science buildings; courts of law; General Register House and General Post Office, Edinburgh; the Isle of...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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WORK 8
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Title (The name of the record)
- Office of Works: Deeds, Series II
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Date (When the record was created)
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1710-1904
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Description (What the record is about)
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This is the second series of title deeds of the Commissioners of Works.
The deeds relate to ancient monuments and historic buildings; art and science buildings; courts of law; General Register House and General Post Office, Edinburgh; the Isle of Man; metropolitan police courts; Ministry of Labour training centres; Pimlico improvements; public offices under the Public Offices Sites Acts 1855 to 1897; public buildings overseas; the Public Record Office; royal parks and palaces; statues; Thames Embankment and Chelsea Bridge; Westminster improvements (Westminster Hall, Westminster Abbey, the Westminster Bridge estate and the Houses of Parliament); and Windsor improvements.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Deeds to which the commissioners were a party are in: E 159 LRRO 13 LRRO 14
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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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82 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/C14609/
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