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Series
Ministry of Supply: Finance, Registered Files (Series 4)
Catalogue reference: AVIA 51
What's it about?
AVIA 51
General financial and committee papers including minutes and papers of the Royal Ordnance Factory Executive Board, 1952 to 1957
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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AVIA 51
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Supply: Finance, Registered Files (Series 4)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1939-1974
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Description (What the record is about)
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General financial and committee papers including minutes and papers of the Royal Ordnance Factory Executive Board, 1952 to 1957
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See also the Ministry of Supply files in SUPP 14
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Files from this series covering functions transferred to the War Office in 1959 were re-registered in the Ministry of Supply branch registry files:
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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file series 4
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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)
- Ministry of Supply, 1939-1959
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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122 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1978 Ministry of Defence
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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
- Manufacturing
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2631/
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