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E 31/2/1

Great Domesday: Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Dorset, Somerset, Devon, Cornwall, Middlesex, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire; Herefordshire, Cambridgeshire

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AIR 1/728/176/3/33

Correspondence with Wright Brothers for flying machine.

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AIR 41/16

The Air Defence of Great Britain: appendices and maps

Moon landings, orbits and dust samples: Apollo 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and Luna 15: UK messages and international reaction

FCO 55/351

Moon landings, orbits and dust samples: Apollo 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and Luna 15: UK messages and international reaction

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DL 10/71

Magna Carta

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MEPO 2/3907

Training of Divisional Officers as Class "A" (Transmitting) Operators and system of maintaining efficiency

Publicity regarding services available to public

MH 134/6

Publicity regarding services available to public

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SP 14/216

The Gunpowder Plot: a collection of correspondence, depositions and papers, in two parts. Each document was published in precis in the Calendar of State Papers Domestic, James I, under its relevant date

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ZPER 34/142

Illustrated London News

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PC 11/1

Instrument of Abdication of Edward VIII.

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FO 898/527

Various odd leaflets

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HO 45/3051

EXHIBITIONS (GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1851): Letters: traffic problems; site map; glazers dispute; policing

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ZJ 1/1

London Gazettes

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RAIL 1148/1

Guard Book containing original and copy letters etc., from George and Robert Stephenson These include a copy of John Birkinshaw's patent for improved construction of iron rails, dated 2.12.1830; George Stephenson's observations on edge rails addressed to

Ministry of Labour & National Insurance: Various Campaigns

INF 2/66

Ministry of Labour & National Insurance: Various Campaigns

Employment of Jamaicans from the S.S. EMPIRE WINDRUSH

CO 876/88

Employment of Jamaicans from the S.S. EMPIRE WINDRUSH

Coronation of Elizabeth II Vol. IV: miscellaneous documents; minutes of Court of Claims; civil estimates; press cuttings; programmes; Orders for the processions; ceremonies and music;

PC 22/11

Coronation of Elizabeth II Vol. IV: miscellaneous documents; minutes of Court of Claims; civil estimates; press cuttings; programmes; Orders for the processions; ceremonies and music;

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WORK 32/32

Hyde Park. 2 general plans of the Great Exhibition of 1851. Scale: 1 inch to 40 feet. One drawing approved by the Commissioners and signed by Granville for His Royal Highness, Prince Albert.

Photographs registered at the Stationer's Company. Bundle of forms applying for registration for copyright. Each form provides a description of the photograph(s), together with the names and addresses of authors and copyright owners.

COPY 1/566

Photographs registered at the Stationer's Company. Bundle of forms applying for registration for copyright. Each form provides a description of the photograph(s), together with the names and addresses of authors and copyright owners.

Photo of Titanic

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SP 12/213

Letters and papers sorted and bound in date order