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Series
Office of Works and successors: Ceremonial: Plans and Drawings
Catalogue reference: WORK 36
What's it about?
WORK 36
This series contains plans and drawings relating to arrangements for major ceremonial occasions in London. These include coronations and funerals of monarchs; the thanksgiving service for the recovery of the Prince of Wales, 1872; the investiture...
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 36
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Title (The name of the record)
- Office of Works and successors: Ceremonial: Plans and Drawings
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Date (When the record was created)
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1685-1936
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains plans and drawings relating to arrangements for major ceremonial occasions in London. These include coronations and funerals of monarchs; the thanksgiving service for the recovery of the Prince of Wales, 1872; the investiture of the Prince of Wales, 1911; the funeral of the Duke of Wellington, 1852; the peace celebrations, 1919; state openings of parliament, and the trial of Earl Russell in the House of Lords, 1901.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For related registered files, see WORK 21
For Welsh Office records relating to the Investiture ceremony, 1969, see BD 101
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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
- 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)
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129 flat sheets and rolls
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure 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
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14637/
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