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Piece
Hyde Park. Sports Pavilion. Negus Ltd.
Catalogue reference: WORK 13/1210
What’s it about?
This record is about the Hyde Park. Sports Pavilion. Negus Ltd. dating from 1930 Apr. 25 in the series Office of Works and successors: Deeds, Series III (Contract Rolls). It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WORK 13/1210
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1930 Apr. 25
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Description (What the record is about)
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Hyde Park. Sports Pavilion. Negus Ltd.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- 1 roll.
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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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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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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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- Topics
- Royal Parks
- Sports
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2135539/
Series information
WORK 13
Office of Works and successors: Deeds, Series III (Contract Rolls)
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Hyde Park. Sports Pavilion. Negus Ltd.
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