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Entry book of royal sign manual warrants and Treasury warrants. The warrants are...
Catalogue reference: CRES 30/28
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This record is about the Entry book of royal sign manual warrants and Treasury warrants. The warrants are... dating from 1851-1895 in the series Office of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues and predecessors: Entry Books of Warrants. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CRES 30/28
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1851-1895
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Description (What the record is about)
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Entry book of royal sign manual warrants and Treasury warrants. The warrants are to the Office of Works.
They mainly refer to the appointment of the various first commissioners of works and public buildings, the appointment of a keeper of Greenwich Park, the laying of a water main through Bushy Park, the erection of an entrance lodge and the construction of a reservoir in Richmond Park, the maintenance of the main gas pipe and the discharge of the rent for the sewer under Hyde Park, and the erection of a new forge and shoeing building there, the formation of new roads and the removal of the Wellington Arch at Hyde Park corner, the erection of a building at Somerset House for the Civil Service Volunteer Corps, and the sale of houses in James Street (Buckingham Gate) and on the Pimlico estate. A number of plans are included.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Indexed (ff 1-8 only) in CRES 30/22
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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By date of enrolment in the book
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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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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C315209/
Series information
CRES 30
Office of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues and predecessors: Entry Books of Warrants
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Office of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues and predecessors: Entry Books of Warrants
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