Focus on
Smuggling gangs and coastal policing in 19th-century England
Following the Napoleonic Wars, smuggling became a major concern for the British government.
Series
Admiralty: Minutes
Catalogue reference: ADM 3
What's it about?
ADM 3
This series consists of minutes of the Board of Admiralty, 1657 to 1802; rough minutes, 1792 to 1839; and special minutes, 1761 to 1881.
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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ADM 3
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Title (The name of the record)
- Admiralty: Minutes
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Date (When the record was created)
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1657-1881
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of minutes of the Board of Admiralty, 1657 to 1802; rough minutes, 1792 to 1839; and special minutes, 1761 to 1881.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The volumes are grouped in into three sequences: Board's minutes, rough minutes and special minutes. Each set is arranged is in date order, except that some earlier volumes of appear out of numerical sequence towards the end of the series. Gaps exist in the date sequence where volumes do not survive or are not held by The National Archives.
Before 1752, Admiralty minutes followed the convention of the year starting on 25 March. However, date ranges in the catalogue entries follow the modern-style years starting on 1 January.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See the digests and indexes in: ADM 12
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Minutes for March-May 1648 and 1656-1657 are British Library Add. MSS. 9305
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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286 volume(s)
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1712/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: ADM
Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies
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