Focus on
Forgotten front: Britain, Bolshevism, and Chinese auxiliaries in northern Russia
At the end of the First World War, the British Army enlisted the service of Chinese labourers working in the Arctic.
Series
War Office and successors: Defence Lands: Building and Property Files
Catalogue reference: WO 414
What's it about?
WO 414
This series comprises books, registers, maps and plans covering land and building aspects including deeds and property leases. These records are a mixture of different documents covering land use implications and have been created by various...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WO 414
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office and successors: Defence Lands: Building and Property Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1675-1997
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series comprises books, registers, maps and plans covering land and building aspects including deeds and property leases. These records are a mixture of different documents covering land use implications and have been created by various individuals.
This series contains records which pre-date the creation of the War Office.
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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)
- D4, DW, DA
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Board of Ordnance, 1683-1855
- Ministry of Defence, 1947-1947
- War Department, 1855-1857
- War Office, 1857-1964
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 141 books, registers, maps and plans
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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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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2018 Ministry of Defence
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
- This series includes historical land agreements that relate to the DefenceLands Services, including the land sales that created Catterick Garrison andthe construction of the South West railway
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16629091/
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