Series
Office of Works and successors: Miscellanea
Catalogue reference: WORK 6
Date: 1609-1975
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Statue of Sir Francis Drake: proposed for Whitehall or Kensington Gardens
Catalogue reference: WORK 20/69
What’s it about?
This record is about the Statue of Sir Francis Drake: proposed for Whitehall or Kensington Gardens dating from 1913-1914 in the series Office of Works and successors: Statues and Memorials: Registered Files. 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 20/69
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1913-1914
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Description (What the record is about)
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Statue of Sir Francis Drake: proposed for Whitehall or Kensington Gardens
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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)
- 2039/1
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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
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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 proposal was abandoned after the outbreak of war in 1914.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2661340/
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Series information
WORK 20
Office of Works and successors: Statues and Memorials: Registered Files
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Statue of Sir Francis Drake: proposed for Whitehall or Kensington Gardens
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