Series
Permanent Committee on Geographical Names: Minutes, Agendas and Papers
Catalogue reference: PCGN 1
What's it about?
PCGN 1
This series contains the minutes of the Permanent Committee on Geographical Names, regarding foreign geographical names matters.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PCGN 1
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Title (The name of the record)
- Permanent Committee on Geographical Names: Minutes, Agendas and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1919-2001
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains the minutes of the Permanent Committee on Geographical Names, regarding foreign geographical names matters.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Minutes are arranged in chronological order. PCGN 1/8-9 form a separate sequence of meeting agendas from 1935 onwards.
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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)
- 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)
- Permanent Committee on Geographical Names, 1919-1919
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 9 file(s)
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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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Permanent Committee on Geographical Names 2023
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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)
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In 1919 the Admiralty invited the Royal Geographical Society to form a permanent Committee to deal with the question of orthography and transliteration of foreign place names. Since that time, the Permanent Committee on Geographical Names has provided advice on standardised foreign geographical names across HM Government.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17574011/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: PCGN
Records of the Permanent Committee on Geographical Names
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Permanent Committee on Geographical Names: Minutes, Agendas and Papers