The story of
The General Strike
In May 1926 over 1.5 million UK workers went on strike, bringing Britain to a standstill. Our records provide an insight into its origins and impact.
Series
Board of Excise: Instructions to Staff
Catalogue reference: CUST 142
What's it about?
CUST 142
This series contains the Board of Excise's instructions to staff comprising official instructions to specific grades of Excise employees and for particular jobs.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CUST 142
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Title (The name of the record)
- Board of Excise: Instructions to Staff
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1699 -1907
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains the Board of Excise's instructions to staff comprising official instructions to specific grades of Excise employees and for particular jobs.
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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 Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 94 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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2001-2017 Board of Customs and Excise
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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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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- File series ran from 1699 to 1909
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No future accruals are expected.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Entire series selected
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15494/
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