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Board of Trade and successors: Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications and successors:...
Catalogue reference: BT 229
What's it about?
BT 229
Files of the Board of Trade's Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications and its successors relating mainly to Universal Postal Union and overseas telegraph matters; there are also some files relating to Cable and Wireless Limited.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BT 229
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Title (The name of the record)
- Board of Trade and successors: Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications and successors: Registered Files: (OPB Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1890-1992
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Description (What the record is about)
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Files of the Board of Trade's Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications and its successors relating mainly to Universal Postal Union and overseas telegraph matters; there are also some files relating to Cable and Wireless Limited.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For other GPO files inherited by the Department of Trade and Industry and its predecessors, see FV 4
Further Post records are in POST TCB TCC TCD TCK
Further telecommunications filles are in:
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- OPB
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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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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Board of Trade, 1786-1970
- Board of Trade, Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, 1969-1974
- Department of Industry, Posts and Telecommunications Division, 1974-1983
- Department of Industry, Space and the Post Office Division, 1983-1983
- Department of Trade and Industry, Space, the Post Office and Films Division, 1983-1986
- Department of Trade and Industry, Telecommunications and Posts Division, 1986-1994
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 93 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1980 Department of Trade and Industry
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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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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- The files in this series came to the Department of Industry as a result of the transfer of ministerial responsibility.
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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In 1969 the General Post Office ceased to be a Government Department and became a Public Corporation. The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications was formed to deal with residual Government functions, and in 1974 this Ministry was dissolved and its functions split between the Home Office and the Department of Industry, Industry becoming responsible for sponsorship for the Post Office and Cable and Wireless Ltd., and for international relations on postal and telecommunications policy.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3266/
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