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Title: the taxman has a heart --- honest! Post by: handyman [Alan} on November 09, 2009, 05:26:20 PM http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8350186.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8350186.stm)
The future of records dating back more than 700 years has been secured - with the help of the taxman. Estate ledgers, royal edicts and personal correspondence are to stay at Bangor University after a deal with Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC). The deal agreed with executors of the Penrhyn Castle estate will see the archives accepted for the British people in lieu of inheritance tax. They reveal the history and politics of the families of the castle in Gwynedd. The decision to allow the records to stay at their temporary home at Bangor University was made this week. |