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Series
Aberdare Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 2
What's it about?
RAIL 2
This series documents the establishment and administration of the Aberdare Railway Company, and the construction of relevant railway track. Records include director's minutes, shareholders' minutes, stock and share registers, estimates and correspondence.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 2
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Title (The name of the record)
- Aberdare Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1845-1902
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series documents the establishment and administration of the Aberdare Railway Company, and the construction of relevant railway track. Records include director's minutes, shareholders' minutes, stock and share registers, estimates and correspondence.
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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)
- ABD
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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)
- Aberdare Railway Company, 1845-1902
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 16 files and volumes
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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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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Aberdare Railway Company was incorporated under Aberdare Railway Act of 31st July 1845. The company was responsible for the construction of a railway line from Ynys Meyrick to Aberdare in Glamorganshire.
From 1st January 1849, by the provisions of the Aberdare Railway Leasing Act 30th June 1848, the company was leased to Taff Vale Railway Company. In 1902, it was vested in the latter company under the Taff Vale Railway Act of 31st July 1902.
In 1922, the Taff Vale Railway Company was amalgamated with Great Western Railway Company as from 1st January 1922 by virtue of Great Western Railway (Western Group) Preliminary Amalgamation Scheme 25th March 1922.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12190/
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