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Series
Foreign Office: Consulate, Yokohama, Japan: Miscellaneous Papers
Catalogue reference: FO 908
What's it about?
FO 908
This series contains records of the British consulate in Yokohama, Japan. Includes papers relating to perpetual leases, and the reconstruction of the Foreign Settlement of Yokohama after the earthquake and fire of 1923.
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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FO 908
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office: Consulate, Yokohama, Japan: Miscellaneous Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1877-1965
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records of the British consulate in Yokohama, Japan. Includes papers relating to perpetual leases, and the reconstruction of the Foreign Settlement of Yokohama after the earthquake and fire of 1923.
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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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- Foreign Office, Consulate, Yokohama, Japan, 1859-1941
- Foreign Office, Consulate, Yokohama, Japan, 1946-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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79 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8207/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
689,247 records
Within the department: FO
Records created or inherited by the Foreign Office
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Foreign Office: Consulate, Yokohama, Japan: Miscellaneous Papers
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