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Series
Local Government Act Commission
Catalogue reference: HO 128
What's it about?
HO 128
Papers of the Commission arranged under counties.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HO 128
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Title (The name of the record)
- Local Government Act Commission
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1889
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Description (What the record is about)
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Papers of the Commission arranged under counties.
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Local Government Act Commission, 1889-1889
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 20 box(es)
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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
- Local Government
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8992/
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