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Ordnance Office and successors: Upnor Armaments Supply Depot: Correspondence, Accounts...
Catalogue reference: ADM 160
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ADM 160
This series consists of entry books of correspondence, accounts, store returns, returns of ships' armaments and ordnance stores, etc., of Upnor Armaments Supply Depot.
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ADM 160
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ordnance Office and successors: Upnor Armaments Supply Depot: Correspondence, Accounts and Returns
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Date (When the record was created)
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1736-1909
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of entry books of correspondence, accounts, store returns, returns of ships' armaments and ordnance stores, etc., of Upnor Armaments Supply Depot.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For records of the Royal Ordnance Factories, see:
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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)
- Upnor Armaments Supply Depot, 1695-1909
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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159 volume(s)
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The Upnor Armaments Supply Depot was taken over by the Naval Ordnance Department of the Admiralty from the War Office in 1891. It was situated in Upnor Castle, Kent, which had been used as a depot for magazine stores since at least 1695 by the Ordnance Office and, after 1855, by the War Office. Records of the Depot are in ADM 160
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1869/
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