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Smuggling gangs and coastal policing in 19th-century England
Following the Napoleonic Wars, smuggling became a major concern for the British government.
Series
Admiralty and successors: Royal Airship Works and successors: Reports
Catalogue reference: AVIA 20
What's it about?
AVIA 20
Reports of the Research and Development Establishment and its predecessors, the Royal Airship Works and the Balloon Development Establishment.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- AVIA 20
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Title (The name of the record)
- Admiralty and successors: Royal Airship Works and successors: Reports
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1915-1947
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Description (What the record is about)
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Reports of the Research and Development Establishment and its predecessors, the Royal Airship Works and the Balloon Development Establishment.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The records are arranged in the following manner:
- KB series AVIA 20/1-149, 175-267, 635
- C series AVIA 20/150-174, 268-467
- M series AVIA 20/468-563
- O series AVIA 20/564-634
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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)
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- Admiralty, Naval Aircraft Works, 1917-1919
- Air Ministry, Balloon Development Establishment, 1938-1940
- Air Ministry, Naval Aircraft Works, 1919-1921
- Air Ministry, Royal Airship Works, 1921-1936
- Ministry of Aircraft Production, Balloon Development Establishment, 1940-1946
- Ministry of Supply, Research and Development Establishment, 1946-1959
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 635 files and volumes
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2600/
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