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National Coal Board: North Derbyshire Area: Papers
Catalogue reference: COAL 60
What's it about?
COAL 60
This series contains records of the North Derbyshire Area of British Coal, including correspondence with the National Coal Board and with local units, especially collieries, on such subjects as health and safety.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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COAL 60
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Title (The name of the record)
- National Coal Board: North Derbyshire Area: Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1967-1970
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records of the North Derbyshire Area of British Coal, including correspondence with the National Coal Board and with local units, especially collieries, on such subjects as health and safety.
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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)
- National Coal Board, North Derbyshire Area, 1967-1987
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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2 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure
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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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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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From 1967-1987 North Derbyshire Area functioned on its own but in 1987 amalgamated with South Midlands Area to be known as the Central Area.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5308/
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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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National Coal Board: North Derbyshire Area: Papers
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