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Estate Duty Office: Copies of Wills
Catalogue reference: IR 5
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This record is about the Estate Duty Office: Copies of Wills.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- IR 5
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Title (The name of the record)
- Estate Duty Office: Copies of Wills
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Description (What the record is about)
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Formerly held copies of wills. Destroyed under s.6 of the Public Records Act 1958, during the period 1964 to 1967 with the exception of certain copies which were transferred to the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland and the Devon and Somerset record offices.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Somerset Record Office
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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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- No records held at The National Archives for this series
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9343/
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