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Series
Board of Customs: Establishments, Series I
Catalogue reference: CUST 18
What's it about?
CUST 18
This series contains Board of Customs establishment records, comprising quarter bills of salaries due to the customs officers in the several ports of England and Wales, including, from Michaelmas 1810, the Isle of Man.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CUST 18
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Title (The name of the record)
- Board of Customs: Establishments, Series I
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1675-1819
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains Board of Customs establishment records, comprising quarter bills of salaries due to the customs officers in the several ports of England and Wales, including, from Michaelmas 1810, the Isle of Man.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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English Customs establishments registers appear in T 42
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Board of Customs, 1671-1909
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 608 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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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
- Pay and pensions
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- With the exception of Vol.1A this series was formerly amongst the Treasury records but was transferred from the Treasury to the Custom House in 1830.
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No further accruals are expected
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5595/
Catalogue hierarchy
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: CUST
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Board of Customs: Establishments, Series I
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