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Exchequer and Board of Trade: Standard Weights and Measures Office and Standards...
Catalogue reference: BT 101
What's it about?
BT 101
Correspondence and papers of the Standard Weights and Measures Office and Standards Department relating to:overseas standardsweights and measures committees and commissionslegislation, merchandising and hallmarksthe metric system'reputed' and...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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BT 101
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Title (The name of the record)
- Exchequer and Board of Trade: Standard Weights and Measures Office and Standards Department: Correspondence and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1829-1974
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Description (What the record is about)
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Correspondence and papers of the Standard Weights and Measures Office and Standards Department relating to:
- overseas standards
- weights and measures committees and commissions
- legislation, merchandising and hallmarks
- the metric system
- 'reputed' and 'ancient and customary' weights and measures
- Royal Mint and treasury matters
- new weighing and measuring appliances
- testing and inspection
- the trial of the Pyx
- verification stamps and brands
From piece 1490 onwards, the records are registered files (in the H, R/ST and ST series) concerning weights and measures legislation.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Royal Mint records on the Trial of the Pyx are in MINT 7
Later files of the Standards, Weights and Measures Division of the Department of Trade and Industry are to be found in FV 9
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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)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Exchequer, 1109-1880
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1615 files and papers
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure
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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
- Trade and commerce
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3142/
Catalogue hierarchy
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Exchequer and Board of Trade: Standard Weights and Measures Office and Standards Department: Correspondence and Papers
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