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HO 40. Correspondence sent to the Home Office concerning disturbances. Most of the...
Catalogue reference: HO 40/47
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This record is about the HO 40. Correspondence sent to the Home Office concerning disturbances. Most of the... dating from 1839 in the series Home Office: Disturbances Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HO 40/47
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1839
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Description (What the record is about)
- HO 40. Correspondence sent to the Home Office concerning disturbances. Most of the material concerns Nottinghamshire, Salop [Shropshire] and Somerset, but there are also letters concerning occurences in Gloucestershire, Montgomeryshire, Wiltshire and Yorkshire. <p>Piece described at item level.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Public disorder
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HO 40
Home Office: Disturbances Correspondence
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