Focus on
Smuggling gangs and coastal policing in 19th-century England
Following the Napoleonic Wars, smuggling became a major concern for the British government.
Series
Admiralty: Norfolk Flax Limited: files
Catalogue reference: BT 200
What's it about?
BT 200
This series contains files relating to the changes made in administrative arrangements when the Admiralty took over control of Norfolk Flax Limited on behalf of the Ministry of Supply.
Full description and record details
-
Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
-
BT 200
-
Title (The name of the record)
- Admiralty: Norfolk Flax Limited: files
-
Date (When the record was created)
-
1929-1941
-
Description (What the record is about)
-
This series contains files relating to the changes made in administrative arrangements when the Admiralty took over control of Norfolk Flax Limited on behalf of the Ministry of Supply.
-
Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
-
Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
-
Public Record(s)
-
Language (The language of the record)
-
English
-
Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Admiralty, 1832-1964
-
Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
-
14 files and volumes
-
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))
-
Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
-
In 1939 the Admiralty, acting as agent for the Ministry of Supply, took over the Linen Industry Research Association's Norfolk Flax Experimental Station, which was controlled by a small limited company, Norfolk Flax Ltd.
The Flax Control was established by the Ministry of Supply in 1939, the first Controller being Sir Harry Lindsay, Director of the Imperial Institute. It was the sole buyer and seller in the United Kingdom and also regulated the spinning, weaving and processing of flax, including tow and yarn, together with the price of some flax products. Responsibility passed to the Board of Trade in 1946, and the control was abolished in 1949, its existing stocks dispersed by the Directorate of Flax Disposals, whose work was completed in 1951.
-
Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3238/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
2,674,133 records
Within the department: BT
Records of the Board of Trade and of successor and related bodies
You are currently looking at the series: BT 200
Admiralty: Norfolk Flax Limited: files
You may be interested in
-
-
Record revealed
Report on the British Indian Army, 1943
This Second World War War Office document assessed the British Indian Army's battle readiness and made recommendations for its development. -
Record revealed
List of HMS Victory's killed and wounded at the Battle of Trafalgar
We hold one of the lesser known records from the Battle of Trafalgar, the Surgeon’s journal for HMS Victory by William Beatty.
Related records
Records that share similar topics with this record.