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Board of Trade

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Date: 1786-1970
History: Created in by an Order in Council of 23 August 1786 to replace Privy Council Committee on Trade and Plantations. Became concerned with all aspects of trade until merged on 20 October 1970 with the Ministry of Technology to form the first Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).
Functions, occupations and activities: Government (central)
References: PROGuide; IC; NCA Rules
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/C277033
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1886-1955: Ministry of Labour and Predecessors: Correspondence
The National Archives, Kew
LAB 2
2
1698-1913: Board of Agriculture and predecessors: Miscellaneous Statistics
The National Archives, Kew
MAF 7
3
1791-1959: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and predecessors: Corn Returns
The National Archives, Kew
MAF 10
4
1866-1988: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and predecessors: Statistics Divisions: Parish Summaries of Agricultural Returns
The National Archives, Kew
MAF 68
5
1613-1939: Ramsgate Harbour: Deeds, Evidences and Plans
The National Archives, Kew
MT 21
6
1749-1937: Ramsgate Harbour Accounts, Correspondence, Minutes etc.
The National Archives, Kew
MT 22
7
1862-1973: Highways: Correspondence and Papers
The National Archives, Kew
MT 39
8
1898-2002: Department of Energy and predecessors: Electrical Division and predecessors: Registered Files, (EL and GE Series)
The National Archives, Kew
POWE 14
9
1899-1964: Ministry of Power, Electricity Division, and Predecessors: Electricity Registers of Consents and Special Orders
The National Archives, Kew
POWE 15
10
1913-1968: Board of Trade and Successors: Coal Division: Production: Correspondence and Papers
The National Archives, Kew
POWE 22
11
1902-1970: Board of Trade and Successors: Mines Department and Successors: 'A' Files
The National Archives, Kew
POWE 26
12
1877-1982: Department of Energy and predecessors: Gas Division: Registered Files (GAS file series)
The National Archives, Kew
POWE 29
13
1874-1955: Board of Trade Railway Department and Ministry of Transport Proceedings under Railway and Canal Traffic Acts 1854-1894.
The National Archives, Kew
RAIL 1038
14
1919-1947: Board of Trade Railway Department and Ministry of Transport: Statistics
The National Archives, Kew
RAIL 1044
15
1920-1930: Board of Trade Railway Department and Ministry of Transport Proceedings before Rates Advisory Committee
The National Archives, Kew
RAIL 1052
16
1840-1975: Board of Trade Railway Department and Ministry of Transport: Reports and Returns
The National Archives, Kew
RAIL 1053
17
1897-1926: Board of Trade Railway Department and Ministry of Transport: Light Railway Orders
The National Archives, Kew
RAIL 1054
18
1897-1931: Board of Trade Railway Department and Ministry of Transport Light Railway Orders (York Collection)
The National Archives, Kew
RAIL 1055
19
1882-1924: Board of Trade Railway Department and Ministry of Transport: Reports on Working of Boiler Explosions Acts, 1882 and 1890
The National Archives, Kew
RAIL 1056
20
1945-1993: Records created or inherited by the Department of Trade and Industry, 1970-1974, and successors
The National Archives, Kew
FV
21
1914-1920: Treasury: Books of Out-letters to Board of Trade
The National Archives, Kew
T 142
22
1921-1948: Treasury Solicitor: Registered Files: Board of Trade Series
The National Archives, Kew
TS 34
23
1967-1970: Office of Lord Brown (Wilfred Brown), Minister of State, Board of Trade
The National Archives, Kew
BT 378
24
1832-1995: Records created or inherited by the Ministry of Aviation and successors, the Air Registration Board, and related bodies
The National Archives, Kew
AVIA
25
1836-2003: Records of departments responsible for labour and employment matters and related bodies
The National Archives, Kew
LAB
26
1850-1998: Records created or inherited by the Ministry of Power, and of related bodies
The National Archives, Kew
POWE
27
1791-1863: Board of Trade: General In-letters and Files
The National Archives, Kew
BT 1
28
1824-1845: Board of Trade: In-letters, Foreign Office
The National Archives, Kew
BT 2
29
1786-1863: Board of Trade: General Out-letters
The National Archives, Kew
BT 3
30
1808-1864: Board of Trade: General Registers and Indexes
The National Archives, Kew
BT 4
31
1784-1952: Board of Trade: Minutes
The National Archives, Kew
BT 5
32
1697-1921: Board of Trade: Miscellanea
The National Archives, Kew
BT 6
33
1851-1853: Board of Trade: Maps
The National Archives, Kew
BT 9
34
1846-1895: Board of Trade: Registry Indexes to Papers Retained
The National Archives, Kew
BT 19
35
1860-1979: Board of Trade and successors: Solicitor's Department and successors: Correspondence and Papers
The National Archives, Kew
BT 103
36
1887-1966: Board of Trade: Parliamentary Branch: Correspondence and Papers
The National Archives, Kew
BT 132
37
1917-1939: Board of Trade: Confidential Reports on Activities
The National Archives, Kew
BT 196
38
1917-1927: Board of Trade Council: Minutes and Papers
The National Archives, Kew
BT 198
39
1890-1992: Board of Trade and successors: Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications and successors: Registered Files: (OPB Series)
The National Archives, Kew
BT 229
40
1922-2014: Ministry of Transport: Marine Department: Registered Files: Marine Safety Branch (MS Series) and Marine Safety Agency (MSA series)
The National Archives, Kew
BT 239
41
1960-1981: Board of Trade and Successors: Posts and Telecommunications Division and predecessors: Registered Files (CLB Series)
The National Archives, Kew
BT 363
42
1849-1981: Board of Trade: Specimens of Series of Documents Destroyed
The National Archives, Kew
BT 900
43
1972-1999: Records created or inherited by the Department of Trade, 1974-1983, and successors
The National Archives, Kew
PJ
44
1697-2002: Records of the Board of Trade and of successor and related bodies
The National Archives, Kew
BT
45
1654-1803: Records of Board of Trade responsibilities for colonial affairs before 1801
46
1595-1984: Records of the Chief Clerk's and General Departments
47
1969-1992: Board of Trade and Civil Aviation Authority: Research and Development Programme Reports
The National Archives, Kew
DR 95
48
1904-1948: Board of Trade and Department of Overseas Trade: Imperial Institute, Files
The National Archives, Kew
ED 26
Related record creators
  Record creator Description of relationship Dates Category of relationship
1
Department of Trade and Industry
Successor/Predecessor
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2
Ministry of Technology
Successor/Predecessor
See Also