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Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: Inwards Passenger...

Catalogue reference: BT 26

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BT 26

Passenger lists of people arriving in the United Kingdom by sea kept by the Board of Trade's Commercial and Statistical Department and its successors. The information given in these lists includes the age, occupation, address in the United...

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Reference

BT 26

Title
Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: Inwards Passenger Lists
Date

1878-1960

Description

Passenger lists of people arriving in the United Kingdom by sea kept by the Board of Trade's Commercial and Statistical Department and its successors.

The information given in these lists includes the age, occupation, address in the United Kingdom and the date of entering the country of passengers entering the United Kingdom by sea from ports outside Europe and the Mediterranean.

Electronic images of these records can be searched online through our partner website.

Arrangement
Arrangement

These lists are arranged under the names of the ports of arrival. Descriptions are available at item level.

Related material

For registers see BT 32

Separated material

With a few exceptions lists before 1890 have not survived.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • Board of Trade, Commercial and Statistical Department, 1872-1886
  • Board of Trade, Commercial, Labour and Statistical Department, 1895-1916
  • Board of Trade, Statistical Department, 1918-1945
  • Board of Trade, Statistics Division, 1945-1970
Physical description

1476 box(es)

Access conditions

Available in digital format unless otherwise stated

Subjects
Topics
Shipping
Europe and Russia
Unpublished finding aids
Lists of ships for a particular month by landing port are available at TNA, Kew.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3069/

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Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: Inwards Passenger Lists

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