Series
Privy Council Office: Burials Files (Numerical Series)
Catalogue reference: PC 19
What's it about?
PC 19
Records in this series show the development of policy in the Privy Council Office on the discontinuation of use of burial grounds.
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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PC 19
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Title (The name of the record)
- Privy Council Office: Burials Files (Numerical Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1985
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records in this series show the development of policy in the Privy Council Office on the discontinuation of use of burial grounds.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Recommendations for discontinuation of use of burial grounds can originate from Secretaries of State for the Environment, for Wales and for Health, and the records of their departments will contain related records on closure of burial grounds.
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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)
- Privy Council Office, 1556-1556
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Records not yet transferred
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Privy Council Office
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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Series began in 1853
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Occasional accruals can be expected.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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Selected under Acquisition Policy criteria 2.2.2.1 and 2.2.2.2, documenting the control of burial ground closures by the Privy Council Office under the Burials Act 1853. Policy files retained,routine case files destroyed.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Under section 1 of the Burials Act 1853, certain Secretaries of State can represent to the Monarch in Council that the use of certain burial grounds, or the continuation of burials in any city, town or other area, should be discontinued. The Monarch can then order such discontinuations by means of an Order in Council.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15661/
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Privy Council Office: Burials Files (Numerical Series)