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Cortonwood Colliery South Yorkshire Area
Catalogue reference: COAL 89/116
What’s it about?
This record is about the Cortonwood Colliery South Yorkshire Area dating from 1957 Oct- 1985 Oct in the series National Coal Board: Secretary's Department: Colliery Files. 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)
- COAL 89/116
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1957 Oct- 1985 Oct
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Description (What the record is about)
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Cortonwood Colliery South Yorkshire Area
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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)
- AB50992
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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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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Closed Until 2005
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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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- Topics
- Coal
- Mining and quarrying
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4507622/
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COAL 89
National Coal Board: Secretary's Department: Colliery Files
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