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Bond securing performance of Contract No. 2 Swansea Division made by John Smith Burke...
Catalogue reference: RAIL 640/288
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This record is about the Bond securing performance of Contract No. 2 Swansea Division made by John Smith Burke... dating from 1846 Oct 31 in the series South Wales Railway Company: Records. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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RAIL 640/288
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Date (When the record was created)
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1846 Oct 31
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Description (What the record is about)
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Bond securing performance of Contract No. 2 Swansea Division made by John Smith Burke of Culloville House, Castle Blaney, Ireland, contractor, to construct line from Cadoxton Juxta Neath, Glamorgan, to Llansamlet, Glamorgan
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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)
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GWR Deed Dept, Misc. 4431
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Public Record(s)
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Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
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Series information
RAIL 640
South Wales Railway Company: Records
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Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: RAIL
Records of the pre-nationalisation railway companies, pre-nationalisation canal and...
662 records
Within the series: RAIL 640
South Wales Railway Company: Records
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Bond securing performance of Contract No. 2 Swansea Division made by John Smith Burke...
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