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Series
Department of Education and Science, Further and Higher Education Branch, and Ministry...
Catalogue reference: ED 249
What's it about?
ED 249
This series consists of registered files of the further and Higher Education Branch, and Ministry of Housing and Local Government relating to sport.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ED 249
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Education and Science, Further and Higher Education Branch, and Ministry of Housing and Local Government: Sport, Registered Files (FE and FES Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1968-1969
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of registered files of the further and Higher Education Branch, and Ministry of Housing and Local Government relating to sport.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- FE file series and FES file series
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 3 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 2001 Department for Culture, Media and Sport
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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
- Sports
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7048/
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Department of Education and Science, Further and Higher Education Branch, and Ministry of Housing and Local Government: Sport, Registered Files (FE and FES Series)
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