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Series
Ordnance Survey: Boundaries Branch: Field Files and County Files: Series II
Catalogue reference: OS 77
What's it about?
OS 77
This third series of boundary documents consists of Ordnance Survey files recording changes affecting the Public Boundary Archive as recorded by the Ordnance Survey Boundaries Branch. The files contain copies of Acts, Orders, Statutory...
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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OS 77
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ordnance Survey: Boundaries Branch: Field Files and County Files: Series II
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Date (When the record was created)
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1391; 1700; 1798; 1844-2006
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Description (What the record is about)
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This third series of boundary documents consists of Ordnance Survey files recording changes affecting the Public Boundary Archive as recorded by the Ordnance Survey Boundaries Branch.
The files contain copies of Acts, Orders, Statutory Instruments and correspondence with Local Authorities and Central Government bodies relating to public boundaries. They also contain historical information relating to a variety of topics which influence boundary legislation. These include: Harbour Acts; Private Bills; London Boroughs and Greater London; 'unusual features' including islands, and water boundaries; proposed works (features that do not yet appear on the ground); New Towns; boundary decisions books (referred to as 'field files'); the River Dee; superseded and current petty sessional divisions; Parliamentary Boundary Commission and constituencies; Proper Officers (as defined in the Local Government Act, 1972); probation, coroners, magistrates courts; House of Commons; Europe; Isle of Man; and boundary policy and staff training.
Most pieces contain maps.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement is by former reference within the Ordnance Survey Boundary Archive. This reference as to box files containing the papers, several of which have been subdivided to form multiple pieces.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Deposited Maps for England and Wales are in OS 38
Boundary Perambulation Cards are in OS 79
Deposited Maps for Scotland are in OS 39
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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)
- Ordnance Survey of Great Britain, Boundaries Branch, 1849-1849
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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244 file(s)
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Restrictions on use (Information on restrictions to the use or reproduction of the material)
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3 days notice to produce
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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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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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in 2010 Ordnance Survey
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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No further accruals are expected.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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3.2 Interaction of the state with its citizens and its impact on the documentation of the physical environment.
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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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The Ordnance Survey Boundaries Branch (formerly the Boundary Division) is responsible for ensuring that all changes to public boundaries made or approved by Parliament are incorporated into OS mapping. But the work developed as a co-operation between various OS departments: Boundaries Branch staff update the Record Archive (containing all the latest boundary information contained in the Acts and Orders supplied by Order-making bodies) and inform the Field Surveyors who perambulate and mere the boundary, and obtain the agreement to the legal alignment from the authorities on both sides of the boundary. Boundaries Branch then complete the Record Archive and Carto and Repro Branches produced the basic scale mapping incorporating the latest boundary information.
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- J R S Booth, Public Boundaries and Ordnance Survey 1840-1980 (Southampton, Ordnance Survey, 1980) is a full account of the work of the Boundaries Branch. It contains a useful glossary and a complete key to authorised abbreviations.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C18765/
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Ordnance Survey: Boundaries Branch: Field Files and County Files: Series II
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