Record revealed
Charter issued by the Anglo-Saxon King Edgar
The oldest complete document at The National Archives, this charter recording a grant of land dates back over 1,000 years.
Series
Board of Education and successors: Legal Branch: Law Precedent Covers
Catalogue reference: ED 262
What's it about?
ED 262
Files relating to precedent cases dealt with by the Legal Branch of the Board of Education and its successors.The papers included correspondence, often with the Treasury, concerning how acts should be interpreted; internal minutes and the Legal...
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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ED 262
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Title (The name of the record)
- Board of Education and successors: Legal Branch: Law Precedent Covers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1890-1980
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Description (What the record is about)
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Files relating to precedent cases dealt with by the Legal Branch of the Board of Education and its successors.
The papers included correspondence, often with the Treasury, concerning how acts should be interpreted; internal minutes and the Legal Branch's decisions. In addition there are copies of correspondence and other papers illustrating the way in which the precedent was implemented in a real case.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
No discernible order on transfer though this order had been maintained by the department
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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 Education, 1899-1944
- Board of Education, Legal Branch, 1924-1944
- Board of Education, Legal Department, 1908-1924
- Department of Education and Science, Legal Branch, 1964-1992
- Ministry of Education, Legal Branch, 1944-1964
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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210 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1998 Department for Education and Employment
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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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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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Transferred to the Ministry of Education in 1944, to the Department of Education and Science in 1964, to the Department for Education in 1992 and the Department for Education and Employment in 1995
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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No future accruals expected
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7061/
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Board of Education and successors: Legal Branch: Law Precedent Covers
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