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Lunatic Asylums Act 1853 Section 38; planning permission for building or extending...
Catalogue reference: MH 51/804
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This record is about the Lunatic Asylums Act 1853 Section 38; planning permission for building or extending... dating from 1864-1865 in the series Lunacy Commission and Board of Control: Correspondence and Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1864-1865
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Description (What the record is about)
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Lunatic Asylums Act 1853 Section 38; planning permission for building or extending premises by the Secretary for State, correspondence with the Local Government Board and Hull Borough asylum
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- No 55A
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Lunacy Commission and Board of Control: Correspondence and Papers
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