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Wear Valley Railway: purchase of Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway Wear and Derwent...
Catalogue reference: MT 6/6/8
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This record is about the Wear Valley Railway: purchase of Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway Wear and Derwent... dating from 1848 in the series Ministry of Transport and successors, Railway Divisions: Correspondence and Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MT 6/6/8
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1848
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Description (What the record is about)
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Wear Valley Railway: purchase of Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway Wear and Derwent Railway, Weardale Extension Railway and Shildon Tunnel.
Top File No: 286
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- 286
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Railways
- Transport management
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1027496/
Series information
MT 6
Ministry of Transport and successors, Railway Divisions: Correspondence and Papers
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