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Series
Board of Customs and successor: Establishment: Staff Lists
Catalogue reference: CUST 39
What's it about?
CUST 39
This series contains details of staff employed by the Board of Customs, and, from April 1909, the Board of Customs and Excise. Information concerning salaries, superannuation awards, disciplinary offences, declarations on taking office and...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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CUST 39
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Title (The name of the record)
- Board of Customs and successor: Establishment: Staff Lists
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Date (When the record was created)
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1642-1970
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains details of staff employed by the Board of Customs, and, from April 1909, the Board of Customs and Excise. Information concerning salaries, superannuation awards, disciplinary offences, declarations on taking office and patents is included.
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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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- Board of Customs, 1671-1909
- Board of Customs and Excise, 1909-2005
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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272 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Available in microform only unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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1978-2017 Board of Customs and Excise
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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)
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Between 1671 and 1909 the records were with the Board of Customs. From 1909 until 2002 they were at the Board of Customs and Excise.
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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File series ran from 1642 to 1970
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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No further accruals are expected.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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The records were selected as they reflect the economic, social and demographic condition of the UK, as documented by the state's dealings with individuals, communities and organisations outside its own formal boundaries (2.2.2.1 of PRO's acquisition criteria).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5615/
Catalogue hierarchy
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Within the department: CUST
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Board of Customs and successor: Establishment: Staff Lists
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