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Patent Office. (4th Schedule, 11 Jan. 1922). A specimen visitors book.
Catalogue reference: PRO 10/291
What’s it about?
This record is about the Patent Office. (4th Schedule, 11 Jan. 1922). A specimen visitors book. dating from 1855-1856, 1903 in the series Public Record Office: Specimens of Scheduled Documents. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PRO 10/291
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1855-1856, 1903
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Description (What the record is about)
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Patent Office. (4th Schedule, 11 Jan. 1922). A specimen visitors book.
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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)
- Visitors Book no 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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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- volume(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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- Topics
- Archives and libraries
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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 Patent Office Fourth Schedule of classes of documents to be destroyed was signed on behalf of the Patent Office and the Public Record Office on 11 January and laid before both Houses of Parliament on 7 February 1922. The classes named in the schedule are: visitors books, and index sheets of patent specifications.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2996449/
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Series information
PRO 10
Public Record Office: Specimens of Scheduled Documents
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Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
96,788 records
Within the department: PRO
Domestic Records of the Public Record Office, Gifts, Deposits, Notes and Transcripts
2,038 records
Within the series: PRO 10
Public Record Office: Specimens of Scheduled Documents
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Patent Office. (4th Schedule, 11 Jan. 1922). A specimen visitors book.
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