Catalogue description Board of Customs: Coastguard records

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Details of CUST 147
Reference: CUST 147
Title: Board of Customs: Coastguard records
Description:

This series consists of correspondence between the Board of Customs, Treasury and Coastguard establishments, relating to the history of the Coastguard, its divisional statements and a map of the Coastguard Force
Date: 1814 - 1907
Related material:

See also, Leaflets, Military Record Information 44, The Coastguard

There are references to the Coastguard in CUST 46

Statistical information Subseries within CUST 38

Coastguard minute books Subseries within CUST 29
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Board of Customs, Secretarys Office, 1671-1909
Physical description: 5 file(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2002 Board of Customs and Excise
Selection and destruction information: Series preserved intact. These records show inter-departmental relationships and the administration of policy, selected under section 2.2.1.2 of the acquisitions policy
Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

The Board of Customs (England) was created in 1671. In 1909 it was merged with the Board of Excise (Inland Revenue) to form the Board of HM Customs and Excise. The Secretary's Branch was the administrative and executive organisation through which the Board of Customs discharged its functions.

Further information on the history of the Coastguard can be found in"The Coastguard" leaflet, Military Records Information 44.

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