Catalogue description Exchequer and Board of Trade: Standard Weights and Measures Office and Standards Department: Correspondence and Papers

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Reference: BT 101
Title: Exchequer and Board of Trade: Standard Weights and Measures Office and Standards Department: Correspondence and Papers
Description:

Correspondence and papers of the Standard Weights and Measures Office and Standards Department relating to:

  • overseas standards
  • weights and measures committees and commissions
  • legislation, merchandising and hallmarks
  • the metric system
  • 'reputed' and 'ancient and customary' weights and measures
  • Royal Mint and treasury matters
  • new weighing and measuring appliances
  • testing and inspection
  • the trial of the Pyx
  • verification stamps and brands

From piece 1490 onwards, the records are registered files (in the H, R/ST and ST series) concerning weights and measures legislation.
Date: 1829-1974
Related material:

Later files of the Standards, Weights and Measures Division of the Department of Trade and Industry are to be found in FV 9

Royal Mint records on the Trial of the Pyx are in MINT 7
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Exchequer, 1109-1880
Physical description: 1615 files and papers
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure
Accruals: Series is accruing

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