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Series
Palatinate of Durham: Chancery Court: Case Files
Catalogue reference: DURH 27
What's it about?
DURH 27
This series consists of surviving case files in proceedings in the Durham Chancery Court. Not all files from the years 1877 to 1928 survive, but thereafter the series appears to be complete.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- DURH 27
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Title (The name of the record)
- Palatinate of Durham: Chancery Court: Case Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1857-1971
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of surviving case files in proceedings in the Durham Chancery Court. Not all files from the years 1877 to 1928 survive, but thereafter the series appears to be complete.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The files are arranged chronologically under annual cause number. The cause number in the catalogue comprises the year of the action, the initial letter of the plaintiff's surname, followed by another number. In cases from 1877-1883 the series of these final numbers began afresh each year. From 1884 the numeration was in one continuous sequence, running up to number 1696 in 1958. From 1959 onwards the earlier practice of numbering by year was resumed.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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If the cause number of a case is unknown, it is best to ascertain this from the indexes at the front of the related cause books in DURH 22
See also the Chancellors' notebooks in DURH 23
See also the Registers' notebooks in DURH 24
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Some case files are missing. Some files from the nineteenth century onwards are now kept at Archives and Special Collections, Durham University Library; they date mainly from 1880-1928, and run up to cause number 1928 B 1257, including a considerable number from 1928 itself.
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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)
- Durham Chancery Court, 1836-1971
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1520 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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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
- Litigation
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6481/
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Records of the Palatinate of Durham
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Palatinate of Durham: Chancery Court: Case Files
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