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The first American invention to obtain an English patent
These intricate 1716 drawings were submitted by Sybilla Masters in the final stage of securing a patent for machinery for 'cleaning and curing Indian corn'.
Series
Welsh Office and predecessors: Local Authority Orders and other Documents Relating...
Catalogue reference: BD 20
What's it about?
BD 20
This series consists of orders, agreements, regulations and similar documents together with the relevant plans, made by government departments and by local authorities and subsequently confirmed by government departments. There are also a number...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BD 20
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Title (The name of the record)
- Welsh Office and predecessors: Local Authority Orders and other Documents Relating to Subordinate Legislation
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1915-1974
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of orders, agreements, regulations and similar documents together with the relevant plans, made by government departments and by local authorities and subsequently confirmed by government departments. There are also a number of files which relate to land acquired under compulsory purchase orders.
Apart from a few orders made between 1937 and 1939, the orders cover the period 1944 to the time of local government reorganisation in 1974. Many of these orders were made under the Housing Act 1936 and subsequent Housing Acts, the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946 and the Highways Act 1959, acts which enabled local authorities to acquire land compulsorily.
The series also includes licences issued under the Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act 1922 and the Milk (Special Designations) Order 1923 (BD 20/431-432, and schemes made under s31(1) of the National Health Insurance Act 1913 (BD 20/433-434).
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The series is arranged mainly in County Council, County Borough Council, Borough Council, Urban District Council and Rural District Council order within each transfer to the Public Record Office.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Some files are registered in BD 35
Surviving files relating to particular orders and instruments are in BD 28
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 501 files and flat sheets
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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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/C2797/
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Welsh Office and predecessors: Local Authority Orders and other Documents Relating to Subordinate Legislation
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