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Board of Trade Harbour Department: Correspondence and Papers

Description and record details

Reference MT 10
Title Board of Trade Harbour Department: Correspondence and Papers
Date 1864-1920
Description

This series consists of correspondence and papers concerning administrative, legislative and legal questions relating to harbours, navigation, pilotage, foreshores, wrecks, and electricity and gas undertakings.

The series includes files transferred from BT 356.

Arrangement

ABBREVIATIONS USED: H.M.S. HIS/HER MAJESTY'S SHIP L.S. LIGHTSHIP L.V. LIGHT VESSEL S.L. STEAM LAUNCH S.S. STEAM SHIP S.V. STEAM VESSEL S.Y. STEAM YACHT T.S. TRAINING SHIP

Related material

For records of the Electricity Branch of the Ministry of Transport see POWE 13

Other foreshore files are in: CRES 42 CRES 37

Held by The National Archives, Kew
Legal status Public Record(s)
Language

English

Creator

Board of Trade, Fisheries and Harbour Department, 1898-1904

Board of Trade, Harbour Department, 1867-1898

Board of Trade, Harbour Department, 1904-1918

Board of Trade, Marine Department, Harbour Department, 1864-1867

Board of Trade, Public Utilities and Harbour Department, 1918-1919

Physical description 2085 boxes and files
Access conditions Open
Immediate source of acquisition

In 1974 Department of the Environment

Unpublished finding aids

Subject indexes for1856 to 1885 will be found in BT 19 An alphabetical index of places is held in the RER, Kew