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Series
Navy Board and Admiralty: Yard Pay Books
Catalogue reference: ADM 42
What's it about?
ADM 42
Pay books of persons employed at the various dockyards, rope yards, etc., in the United Kingdom and abroad. These volumes give a comprehensive list of staff and wages for the years 1660 to 1857, as well as a list of the vast number of smaller...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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ADM 42
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Title (The name of the record)
- Navy Board and Admiralty: Yard Pay Books
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Date (When the record was created)
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1660-1857
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Description (What the record is about)
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Pay books of persons employed at the various dockyards, rope yards, etc., in the United Kingdom and abroad. These volumes give a comprehensive list of staff and wages for the years 1660 to 1857, as well as a list of the vast number of smaller yards required to support the Fleet world-wide during the period when British maritime power was probably at its height.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Depending on the size of the yard, the lists are further sub-divided into Ordinary, Extraordinary, Rope Lofts, Miscellaneous Pay Lists and Pensions.
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Board of Admiralty, 1708-1964
- Navy Board, 1546-1832
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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2393 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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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/C1751/
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