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Forestry Commission and predecessors: Dean Forest, Deputy Surveyor's Office
Catalogue reference: F 16
What’s it about?
This record is about the Forestry Commission and predecessors: Dean Forest, Deputy Surveyor's Office dating from 1662-1935.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- F 16
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Title (The name of the record)
- Forestry Commission and predecessors: Dean Forest, Deputy Surveyor's Office
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1662-1935
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of the Free Miners' Court and the Verderers' Court; letter books; correspondence and papers relating to rights of common, the making of roads, railway and tramways, the sale of timber, tithes, quarries, and encroachments, etc; copies of conveyances, deeds of exchange and court rolls; and maps and plans.
This series is in the process of being transferred to Gloucestershire Record Office.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Gloucestershire Archives
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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)
- 72 volume(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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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)
- The records were transferred from the Public Record Office to Gloucestershire Record Office on 17 January 2002.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7209/
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