Series
Commissioners for Inquiry into Charities: Papers
Catalogue reference: CHAR 2
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CHAR 2
Papers of the Commissioners for Inquiring into Charities created during their investigations in England and Wales in the period 1817-1850. These papers formed the basis for their Printed Reports. Also included in the series are supplementary...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CHAR 2
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Title (The name of the record)
- Commissioners for Inquiry into Charities: Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1812 - c1850
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Description (What the record is about)
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Papers of the Commissioners for Inquiring into Charities created during their investigations in England and Wales in the period 1817-1850. These papers formed the basis for their Printed Reports. Also included in the series are supplementary miscellaneous papers, legal papers, minute books, reports and returns, letter books, correspondence etc, commissions and miscellanea. Some bundles contain transcripts of earlier documents examined by the Commissioners and then returned to the Trustees.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The series is arranged alphabetically by county for England (for Hampshire see Southampton) and Wales. Miscellaneous papers relating to counties are to be found at the end of each section for each county.
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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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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 473 bundles and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 1997-2010 Charity Commissioners
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- The papers were originally transferred to the Public Record Office in 1842 but returned to the Charity Commissioners in 1856. After a brief period at the Intermediate Repository at Hayes they were re-transferred in September 1953 with the addition of certain papers relating to the 1849 Commission. In November 1962, they were returned to the Charity Commission and were finally passed back to the Public Record Office in 1997.
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No further accruals expected
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4058/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: CHAR
Records of the Charity Commissioners and Charity Commission
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Commissioners for Inquiry into Charities: Papers