Series
Admiralty: Royal Naval Cordite Factory, Holton Heath: Reports
Catalogue reference: ADM 322
What's it about?
ADM 322
This series contains a published history of the Admiralty's Royal Naval Cordite Factory, Holton Heath, and an example of one of its reports from 1930.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ADM 322
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Title (The name of the record)
- Admiralty: Royal Naval Cordite Factory, Holton Heath: Reports
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1930-1983
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains a published history of the Admiralty's Royal Naval Cordite Factory, Holton Heath, and an example of one of its reports from 1930.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Other records about cordite production including RNCF progress can be found in SUPP 5
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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)
- Admiralty, Royal Naval Cordite Factory, Holton Heath, 1916-1957
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 2 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 1999 Ministry of Defence
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- No other Royal Naval Cordite Factory reports appear to have surfaced after the site as cleared in 1996.
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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 Holton Heath Factory, near Poole in Dorset, was opened in 1916 as an independent means of production of high grade propellants for Naval shells. The factory was involved in later rocket propellants but ceased production in 1957 with most of its work having being taken over by the Caerwent Cordite Factory. However, the Admiralty Materials Laboratory, which was formed in 1947, retained a presence on the site.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2030/
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: Royal Naval Cordite Factory, Holton Heath: Reports