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Series
Railway Inspectorate: Inspectors' Reports
Catalogue reference: MT 29
What's it about?
MT 29
This series consists of copies of reports of the Inspecting Officers of Railways, appointed under the Regulation of Railways Act of 1840. Original documents can be found in MT 6.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MT 29
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Title (The name of the record)
- Railway Inspectorate: Inspectors' Reports
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1840-1964
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of copies of reports of the Inspecting Officers of Railways, appointed under the Regulation of Railways Act of 1840. Original documents can be found in MT 6.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See also MT 30
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, Railway Inspectorate, 1953-1959
- Ministry of Transport, Railway Inspectorate, 1919-1941
- Ministry of Transport, Railway Inspectorate, 1946-1953
- Ministry of Transport, Railway Inspectorate, 1959-1970
- Ministry of War Transport, Railway Inspectorate, 1941-1946
- Railway Inspectorate, 1840-1919
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 104 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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from 1993 Health and Safety Commission, Health and Safety Executive
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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
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- A separate series of index volumes, giving locations of works for the period from 1871, can be found in in MT 30.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11078/
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