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Series
Office of Works and successors: Public Buildings, Northern Ireland: Registered Files
Catalogue reference: WORK 27
What's it about?
WORK 27
This series contains correspondence and papers, mainly from the 1920s and 1930s, relating to public buildings in Northern Ireland, including the parliament and government buildings at Stormont Castle.
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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WORK 27
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Title (The name of the record)
- Office of Works and successors: Public Buildings, Northern Ireland: Registered Files
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Date (When the record was created)
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1921-1958
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains correspondence and papers, mainly from the 1920s and 1930s, relating to public buildings in Northern Ireland, including the parliament and government buildings at Stormont Castle.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For related plans and drawings, see WORK 42
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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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AJ and HEA file series
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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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- Ministry of Works and Buildings, Directorate of Works, 1940-1942
- Ministry of Works and Planning, Directorate of Works, 1942-1943
- Ministry of Works, Directorate General of Works, 1946-1962
- Ministry of Works, Directorate of Works, 1943-1945
- Office of Works, Directorate of Works, 1920-1940
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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24 boxes and files
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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
- Ireland
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14628/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
72,493 records
Within the department: WORK
Records of the successive Works departments, and the Ancient Monuments Boards and...
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