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Coal Commission: Administrative Files
Catalogue reference: COAL 17
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COAL 17
This series contains the administrative files of the Coal Commission and cover general policy and administrative matters such as border line agreements, colliery amalgamations and dispositions, the environmental effects of subsidence, the...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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COAL 17
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Title (The name of the record)
- Coal Commission: Administrative Files
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Date (When the record was created)
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1931-1949
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains the administrative files of the Coal Commission and cover general policy and administrative matters such as border line agreements, colliery amalgamations and dispositions, the environmental effects of subsidence, the maintenance of disused shafts, the granting of leases and licenses by the Commission and applications under various sections of the 1938 Coal Act. The records consist in part of general policy files, including various bill papers and in part of correspondence with interested companies, colliery concerns, individuals and government departments. The series also contains some papers of the Coal Mines Re-organisation Commission.
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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)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Coal Commission, 1938-1947
- Coal Mines Reorganisation Commission, 1930-1938
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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655 file(s)
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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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- Topics
- Coal
- Mining and quarrying
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5265/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: COAL
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Coal Commission: Administrative Files
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