Series
Admiralty: Victualling Yards, Portsmouth, Gosport and Royal Clarence: Records
Catalogue reference: ADM 224
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ADM 224
Records of the Weevil Depot and other victualling establishments in Portsmouth and Gosport, and their successor, the Royal Clarence Victualling Yard. The series contains the charter to the commissioners for the victualling of the Navy, 1752, and...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ADM 224
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Title (The name of the record)
- Admiralty: Victualling Yards, Portsmouth, Gosport and Royal Clarence: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1712-1903
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of the Weevil Depot and other victualling establishments in Portsmouth and Gosport, and their successor, the Royal Clarence Victualling Yard. The series contains the charter to the commissioners for the victualling of the Navy, 1752, and incomplete series of registers of contracts, orders, receipts and expenses, letters, staffing and pay.
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 91 volume(s)
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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 1761 the Admiralty purchased the Weevil Estate Portsmouth from Lord Holmes. The site was developed into the Weevil Depot where the first ship's biscuits were baked. It was consolidated in 1827 with other storage and supply depots in the Portsmouth area, on land acquired in the Gosport area to form the Royal Clarence Victualling Yard, Gosport.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1932/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: ADM
Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies
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Admiralty: Victualling Yards, Portsmouth, Gosport and Royal Clarence: Records