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Gloucester CB: proposed speedway track at Horton Road Stadium
Catalogue reference: HLG 131/678
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This record is about the Gloucester CB: proposed speedway track at Horton Road Stadium dating from 1967 in the series Ministry of Housing and Local Government and Department of the Environment: Planning.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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HLG 131/678
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Date (When the record was created)
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1967
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Description (What the record is about)
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Gloucester CB: proposed speedway track at Horton Road Stadium
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Note (Additional information about the record)
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with maps
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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)
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P8 1136/220/1 Pt C
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Public Record(s)
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Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Sports
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1786168/
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HLG 131
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Gloucester CB: proposed speedway track at Horton Road Stadium
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