********************************** PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE GENERAL INFORMATION Leaflet No: 22 ********************************** [Note: this and all other PRO General Information leaflets are (c) Crown Copyright, but may be freely reproduced except for sale or advertising purposes. Copies should always include this Copyright notice -- please respect this.] (c) Crown Copyright, February 1992. ----------------------------- start of text -------------------------- DIVISION OF RECORDS BETWEEN KEW AND CHANCERY LANE RECORDS AT KEW Admiralty (ADM) Civil Aviation Authority (DR) Advisory, Conciliation & (CW) Civil Service Commission (CSC) Arbitration Service Civil Service Department (BA) Agriculture, Fisheries & (MAF) Food, Ministry of Civil Service Pay Research (CSPR) Unit Air Ministry (AIR) Coal Industry Social (BX) Arts and Libraries, Office of (EP) Welfare Organisation Arts Council of Great Britain (EL) Colonial Office (CO) Aviation, Ministry of (AVIA) Consumer Council (AJ) British Council (BW) Copyright Office (COPY) British Railways Board (AN) Countryside Commission (COU) British Transport Docks (BR) Crown Agents for Oversea (CAOG) Board Governments and Administrations British Transport Historical (RAIL) Records (ZLIB) Customs & Excise, Board of (CUST) (ZPER) (ZSPC) Defence, Ministry of (DEFE) Cabinet Office (CAB) Defunct Temporary Bodies (BS) Captured Enemy Documents (GFM) Development Commission (D) Central Midwives Board (DV) Dominions Office and (DO) Commonwealth Relations Certification Office for (CL) Office Trade Unions and Employers Associations Economic Affairs, Department of (EW) ______________________________________________________________________________ Records are, in general, open to inspection when they are 30 years old. The appearance of classes of records on this list does not necessarily indicate that they are open. ______________________________________________________________________________ RECORDS AT KEW - contd Education & Science, (ED) Health, Ministry of (MH) Department of Health Visitors, Council for (DW) Educational Technology, (EA) the Education and Training of Council for Historical Manuscripts (HMC) Energy, Department of (EG) Commission Environment, Department (AT) Home Office (HO) of the except Census Returns (HO 107) Environmental Pollution, (CY) Royal Commission on Housing & Local Government, (HLG) Ministry of Exchequer and Audit Department (AO) Hudson's Bay Company (BH) Export Credits Guarantee (ECG) Microfilm. Department Income Tax, Special (EM) Foreign and Commonwealth Office(FCO) Commissioners of Foreign Office (FO) Information, Central Office of (INF) Forestry Commission (F) Inland Revenue, Board of (IR) except Estate Duty Registers Forfeited Estates, (FEC) (IR 26 and IR 27) Commissioners of International Organisations (DG) Friendly Societies, Registry of (FS) records of International Whaling Commission and General Nursing Council (DT) Western European Union General Register Office (RG) Irish Sailors' & Soldiers' (AP) except Census Returns (RG 9- Land Trust RG 12), Non-Parochial Registers and records (RG 4-RG 8) and Iron and Steel Board (BE) certain other registers and associated papers (RG 18, 19, Joint Board of Clinical (DY) 27, 30-37, 43) Nursing Studies Government Actuary's Department(ACT) Judge Advocate General, Office of(ER) Health and Safety Commission (EF) Labour, Ministry of (LAB) and Executive Land Registry (LAR) Health & Social Security, (BN) Department of Lands Tribunal (LT) ______________________________________________________________________________ RECORDS AT KEW - contd Law Commission (BC) National Playing Fields (CB) Association Local Government Boundary (AX) Commission for England National Ports Council (DK) Local Government Boundary (DD) National Savings, Department (NSC) Commission for Wales for Location of Offices Bureau (AH) National Service, Ministry of (NATS) London Gazette (ZJ) Northern Ireland Office (CJ) Lord Chancellor's Office (LCO) Occupational Pensions Board (DM) Manpower Services Commission (ET) Ordnance Survey Department (OS) Meteorological Office (BJ) Overseas Development, (OD) Ministry of and Overseas Metropolitan Police Office (MEPO) Development Administration Monuments, Ancient & (MONW) Parliamentary Boundary (AF) Historic in Wales and Commission Monmouthshire, Royal Commission on Parliamentary Papers (ZHC) (ZHL) Monuments, Historic (England), (AE) Royal Commission on Parole Board (BV) Munitions, Ministry of (MUN) Pay Board (EH) Museums and Galleries (EB) Paymaster General's Office (PMG) Commission Pensions & National (PIN) National Academic Awards, (DB) Insurance, Ministry of Council for Pensions Appeal Tribunal (BF) National Assistance Board (AST) Post Office Users National (DJ) National Coal Board (COAL) Council National Debt Office (NDO) Power, Minstry of (POWE) National Dock Labour Board (BK) Price Commission (CX) National Incomes Commission (NICO) Prime Minister's Office (PREM) National Insurance Audit (NIA) Prison Commission (PCOM) Department ______________________________________________________________________________ * PRO 30/5, 18-19, 21, 23-26, 28, 34, 38, 41, 44, 47, 49, 50, 53 and 80 are at Chancery Lane PRO 31/20 is at Kew. PRO 30/4, 13-15, 58, 62 are no longer held in the Public Record Office. ** Former PRO 28/50-81 reclassified as RGO classes ______________________________________________________________________________ RECORDS AT KEW - contd Public Building & Works, (WORK) Transport, Ministry of (MT) Ministry of Treasury (T) Public Health Laboratory (DN) Services Board Tribunals, Council on (BL) Public Record Office (PRO) United Kingdom Atomic Energy (AB) all classes except Authority transcripts (PRO 31) and certain classes of gifts University Grants Committee (UGC) and deposits (PRO 30)* Value Added Tax Tribunals (CV) Public Trustee Office (PT) Wallace Collection (AR) Public Works Loan Board (PWLB) War Office (WO) Racial Equality, (CK) Commission for Welsh Office (BD) Reconstruction, Ministry of (RECO) The following departments and other bodies have been allocated letter Remploy Ltd (BM) codes, but have not yet transferred any records. Research Institutes (AY) Royal Fine Art Commission (BP) Atomic Weapons Research Royal Greenwich Observatory** (RGO) Establishment (ES) Royal Mint (MINT) Economic and Social Research Schools Council (EJ) Council (EY) Scientific & Industrial (DSIR) Research, Department of Educational Visits and Exchanges, Sessional Papers, House of (ZHC) Central Bureau of (FB) Commons, House of Lords (ZHL) Social Security Commissioners (CT) Gas Supply, Office of (FA) Stationery Office (STAT) Science and Engineering Supply, Ministry of (SUPP) Research Council (EV) Tithe Redemption Commission (TITH) Medical Research Council (FD) Trade, Board of (BT) ______________________________________________________________________________ * PRO 30/5, 18-19, 21, 23-26, 28, 34, 38, 41, 44, 47, 49, 50, 53 and 80 are at Chancery Lane PRO 31/20 is at Kew. PRO 30/4, 13-15, 58, 62 are no longer held in the Public Record Office. ** Former PRO 28/50-81 reclassified as RGO classes ______________________________________________________________________________ RECORDS AT KEW - contd National Economic Development General Register Office (RG) Council and National Economic Census Returns (RG 9- Development Office (FG) RG 12), Non-Parochial Registers and records National Bus Company (FH) (RG 4-RG 8) and certain other registers and Commission for the New Towns (FJ) associated papers (RG 18, 19, 27, 30-37, 43) only Secretary of State for Local Government and Regional Planning (FK) Home Office (HO 107) Census Returns Adult Literacy Resource Agency 1841 and 1851 only and Successors (FL) Inland Revenue, Board of (IR 26) Estate Duty Registers only (IR 27) RECORDS AT CHANCERY LANE* Judicature, Supreme Court of (J) Admiralty, High Court of (HCA) Justices Itinerant (JUST) Alienation Office (A) King's Bench, Court of (KB) Assize, Clerks of (ASSI) King's Bench Prison (PRIS) Bankruptcy, Court of (B) Lancaster, Duchy of (DL) Central Criminal Court (CRIM) Lancaster, Palatinate of (PL) Chancery (C) Land Revenue Record Office LRRO) Chester, Palatinate of (CHES) Law Officers' Department LO) Common Pleas, Court of (CP) Lord Chamberlain's Department (LC) Crown Estate Commissioners (CRES) Lord Steward's Department (LS) Delegates, Court of (DEL) Palace Court (PALA) Durham, Palatinate of (DURH) Peveril, Court of the (PEV) Exchequer (E) Honour of Auditors of Land Revenue (LR) Prerogative Court of (PROB) Canterbury Privy Council, Judicial (PCAP) Committee of the ______________________________________________________________________________ * Some classes to be seen at Chancery Lane are housed at Hayes, Middlesex, and notice of several working days is required. ** PRO 30/5, 18-19, 21, 23-26, 28, 34, 38, 41, 44, 47, 49, 50, 53 and 80 are at Chancery Lane. PRO 31/20 is at Kew. PRO 30/4, 13-15, 58, 62 are no longer held in the Public Record Office ______________________________________________________________________________ RECORDS AT CHANCERY LANE* - contd Privy Council Office (PC) Requests, Court of (REQ) Privy Purse Office (PP) Signet Office (SO) Privy Seal Office (PSO) Special Collections (SC) Public Prosecutions, (DPP) Star Chamber, Court of (STAC) Director of State Paper Office (SP) Public Record Office (PRO) Transcripts (PRO 31) and Treasury Solicitor (TS) certain classes of gifts and deposits (PRO 30)** Wales, Principality of (WALE) Queen Anne's Bounty (QAB) Wards & Liveries, Court of (WARD) ______________________________________________________________________________ * Some classes to be seen at Chancery Lane are housed at Hayes, Middlesex, and notice of several working days is required. ** PRO 30/5, 18-19, 21, 23-26, 28, 34, 38, 41, 44, 47, 49, 50, 53 and 80 are at Chancery Lane. PRO 31/20 is at Kew. PRO 30/4, 13-15, 58, 62 are no longer held in the Public Record Office ______________________________________________________________________________ Public Record Office, Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1LR. Public Record Office, Ruskin Avenue, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 4DU. Tel: +44 (0) 181 876-3444 Opening hours: 9.30am - 5.00pm, Monday to Friday. Closed on public holidays and for annual Stocktaking (normally the first two full weeks in October). 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