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Assizes: Norfolk Circuit: Gaol Books
These are records of the Norfolk Circuit. They contain details of criminal trials under commissions of gaol delivery.
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1734-1863
- Reference
- ASSI 33
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Assizes: Northern Circuit: Order Books
This Northern Circuit series consists of volumes which are entry books of sentences imposed upon persons convicted of criminal offences at the assizes. Each entry gives the parties ("The Queen against ..."), the name of the person convicted, the offe…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1879-1924
- Reference
- ASSI 53
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Assizes: North and South Wales Circuit, South Wales Division: Civil Minute Books
These North and South Wales Circuit, South Wales Division Civil Minute Books relate to civil actions referred from the central courts of common law and, from 1875, the High Court of Justice and heard at nisi prius This series consists of books record…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1846-1943
- Reference
- ASSI 75
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Assizes: North and South Wales Circuit, South Wales Division: Miscellanea
This North and South Wales Circuit, South Wales Division, assizes series includes draft minutes in criminal trials 1840 to 1843; miscellaneous pleadings etc. in civil actions originating in the central courts of common law and, after 1875, in the Hig…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1839-1937
- Reference
- ASSI 73
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Assizes: North and South Wales Circuit, South Wales Division: Crown Minute Books
This North and South Wales Circuit, South Wales Division series consists of minute books recording criminal cases heard before the justices of assize. The volumes record the names of the jurors (both grand and petty), the name of the accused, the sub…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1844-1946
- Reference
- ASSI 76
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Assizes: Northern Circuit: Gaol Books
These record proceedings of the old Northern Circuit mainly under commissions of gaol delivery but including entries of actions against local authorities for failing to repair highways etc.; notes of recognizances taken in court; fees taken on the cr…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1658-1811
- Reference
- ASSI 42
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Assizes: North and South Wales Circuit, Chester and North Wales Division: Certificates...
These are records of the North Wales Division of the North and South Wales Circuit and relate to civil actions passed to the assizes by the High Court of Justice, through its District Registries, and heard at nisi prius.The books span the period 1914…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1914-1926
- Reference
- ASSI 58
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Assizes: North and South Wales Circuit, Chester and North Wales Division: Pleadings,...
These include statements of claim, defence, counterclaim, etc., together with jurors' lists, cause lists, associates' papers etc. arising out the civil business of the circuit. The actions commenced in the central courts of common law and passed to a…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1840-1927
- Reference
- ASSI 59
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Assizes: North and South Wales Circuit, Chester and North Wales Division and predecessors:...
Most of the records in this series of North and South Wales Circuit, Chester and North Wales Division and predecessors miscellanea relate to financial business particularly as regards fees and costs. Many predate the creation of the circuit in 1830 a…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1694-1942
- Reference
- ASSI 63
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Assizes and Palatinate of Chester: North and South Wales Circuit, Chester and North...
In addition to some miscellaneous returns, blank forms, etc. of the North and South Wales Circuit, Chester and North Wales Division the series includes some correspondence and papers of the prothonotary and clerk of the crown of the Palatinate of Che…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1778-1890
- Reference
- ASSI 67
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Assizes: North and South Wales Circuit, Chester and North Wales Division: Civil Minute...
These relate to civil business referred from the central courts of common law and, from 1875, the High Court of Justice and heard at nisi priusThese books do not constitute a complete series. They run from 1843 to 1878 and then from 1911 to 1924. The…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1843-1924
- Reference
- ASSI 57
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Assizes: Northern and North-Eastern Circuits: Criminal Depositions and Case Papers
Northern Circuit, criminal depositions and indictments. The depositions and case papers in this series are the records of the Northern Circuit prior to 1876, and the North-Eastern Circuit from 1876. The series includes depositions taken following the…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1613-1971
- Reference
- ASSI 45
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Records of the Ministry of Food
Records relating to food production and supply during wartime, mainly those of the Ministry of Food during the Second World War and afterwards. Also includes records of the Board of Trade's interwar Food Department.First World War records comprise: F…
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- 1873-1985
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Ministry of Education and predecessors: Legal Branch: Law Officers' Opinions
Files of the Ministry of Education and predecessors, Legal Branch consisting of Law Officers' OpinionsThe opinions were given by the Law Officers of the Crown to successive education departments in response to enquiries concerning points of law, and …
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1862-1956
- Reference
- ED 184
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Assizes: Wales and Chester Circuit: Criminal Depositions and Case Papers
The Wales and Chester Circuit criminal depositions and case papers in this series are variously accompanied by lists of witnesses and exhibits, police reports, plans and photographs. Until 1948 these relate mainly to murder cases but from that date t…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1945-1971
- Reference
- ASSI 84
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Poor Law Commission and successors: Legal Department and successors: Orders
Orders of the Poor Law Commission and Board, and Local Government Board, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Local Government and Planning, the Ministry of Housing and Local Government and the Department of the Environment relating to various asp…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1842-1978
- Reference
- HLG 26
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Local Government Board and Ministry of Health: Legal Branch and predecessors: Rehousing...
These were submitted to the Local Government Board as schemes for the provision of accommodation for persons displaced from working class dwellings as a result of undertakings, including railway, gas, water, tramways, school, harbour, road and other …
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1890-1939
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- HLG 24
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Ministry of Health, Legal Branch, and Ministry of Local Government and Planning,...
The Acquisition of Land (Authorization Procedure) Act 1946 superseded various measures under which local authorities previously sought authorisation to acquire land compulsorily. The series contains all known cases of authorization in writing. The ma…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1946-1951
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- HLG 67
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Ministry of Health: Legal Branch: Sealed Plans
Plans relating to orders in HLG 26 made after March 1923 by the Ministry of Health.
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1923-1937
- Reference
- HLG 23
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Assizes: Northern Circuit: Criminal Depositions and Case Papers
The Northern Circuit documents in this series relate mainly to murder, but also to other serious crimes, particularly riot. A substantial proportion of the murders are cases of infanticide. After 1916 a wider range of offences is covered. Some of the…
- Held by
- The National Archives, Kew
- Date
- 1877-1971
- Reference
- ASSI 52