Record revealed
List of immigrant Londoners from 1483
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Series
Lottery Office and Board of Stamps: Lottery Books
Catalogue reference: IR 4
What's it about?
IR 4
These records are mostly Lottery Office general registers of the numbered tickets showing the results of each day's drawings; journals, showing the allocation of prize certificates; and registers of agents, showing the prize-winning tickets held...
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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IR 4
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Title (The name of the record)
- Lottery Office and Board of Stamps: Lottery Books
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Date (When the record was created)
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1780-1844
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Description (What the record is about)
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These records are mostly Lottery Office general registers of the numbered tickets showing the results of each day's drawings; journals, showing the allocation of prize certificates; and registers of agents, showing the prize-winning tickets held by each for every drawing.
Also included in the series is a register of certificates, 1832 to 1844, issued by the Board of Stamps, for payment of late claims for prizes and a register of lottery licences 1810 to 1824.
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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)
- Board of Stamps, 1694-1834
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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211 volume(s)
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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
- Government finances
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9342/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
373,334 records
Within the department: IR
Records of the Boards of Stamps, Taxes, Excise, Stamps and Taxes, and Inland Revenue
You are currently looking at the series: IR 4
Lottery Office and Board of Stamps: Lottery Books
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