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Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 4
What's it about?
RAIL 4
This series documents the establishment and administration of the Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway Company, and the construction of relevant railway track.Records include minutes of general meetings, company and stockholder records,...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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RAIL 4
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Title (The name of the record)
- Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
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1861-1866
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series documents the establishment and administration of the Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway Company, and the construction of relevant railway track.
Records include minutes of general meetings, company and stockholder records, letterbooks, plans 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)
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AWC
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway Company, 1861-1865
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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8 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 Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway Company was incorporated in July 1861 by the Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway Company Act. It was responsible for the construction of various railway lines from Aberystwyth, and to this end had agreements with Oswestry and Newtown, Llanidloes, Mid Wales, Shrewsbury and Welshpool Railways.
The company amalgamated with the Cambrian Railway Company by the Cambrian and Coast Railways (Amalgamation) Act of 5 July 1865. By virtue of the Great Western Railway (Western Group) Preliminary Amalgamations Scheme, the Cambrian Railway Company amalgamated with the Great Western Railway Company in March 1922.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12192/
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