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Copy of Henry VIII's diplomatic assurances to João III of Portugal
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Series
Office of Works and successors: Public Buildings in England: Plans and Drawings
Catalogue reference: WORK 30
What's it about?
WORK 30
This series contains site plans and architectural drawings relating to government offices, courts of law and other public buildings in England. A substantial number are for buildings in London, including government offices in Whitehall and the...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WORK 30
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Title (The name of the record)
- Office of Works and successors: Public Buildings in England: Plans and Drawings
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1656-1964
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains site plans and architectural drawings relating to government offices, courts of law and other public buildings in England. A substantial number are for buildings in London, including government offices in Whitehall and the Royal Courts of Justice in the Strand. There are also many drawings for buildings outside London, mainly of defined types for which the Office of Works and its successors were responsible at various times, including county courts, customs houses, post offices and telephone exchanges.
A small group of maps, plans and drawings, mainly relating to areas in and around London and Westminster, amassed by George Legge, first Baron Dartmouth (1647-1691) and purchased by the Ministry of Works in 1949, is included with this series.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For related registered files, see WORK 12
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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 Records unless otherwise stated
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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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- 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 Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Buildings, Works Department, 1832-1851
- Office of Works, 1378-1832
- Office of Works, 1851-1940
- Office of Works, Architects and Surveyors Division, 1902-1914
- Office of Works, Architects Division, 1914-1920
- Office of Works, Directorate of Works, 1920-1940
- Office of Works, Surveyors Division, 1901-1901
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 6472 flat sheets and rolls
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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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
- Maps and plans
- Communications
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14631/
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