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Series
Explosives Inspectorate: General Correspondence and Papers
Catalogue reference: EF 5
What's it about?
EF 5
General correspondence and papers, covering all aspects of the Explosives Inspectorate's work. Correspondence on terrorist activities within the United Kingdom and other parts of the world, including the Middle East. Most of the files relate to...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- EF 5
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Title (The name of the record)
- Explosives Inspectorate: General Correspondence and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1786-1967
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Description (What the record is about)
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General correspondence and papers, covering all aspects of the Explosives Inspectorate's work. Correspondence on terrorist activities within the United Kingdom and other parts of the world, including the Middle East. Most of the files relate to suspected or confirmed terrorist activites within England and Northern Ireland during 1939-1940, and investigations and court hearings relating to the planting of explosives and subsequent explosions.
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 47 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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1987-2010 Health and Safety Commission, Health and Safety Executive
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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
- Weapons
- Ireland
- Middle East
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No further accruals expected
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7072/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: EF
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Explosives Inspectorate: General Correspondence and Papers
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