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Alcester Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 6
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RAIL 6
This series documents the establishment and administration of the Alcester Railway Company, and the construction of relevant railway track.Records include directors' and general minutes, agreements, specifications and estimates, petitions and...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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RAIL 6
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Title (The name of the record)
- Alcester Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
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1872-1879
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series documents the establishment and administration of the Alcester Railway Company, and the construction of relevant railway track.
Records include directors' and general minutes, agreements, specifications and estimates, petitions 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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ALC
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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)
- Alcester Railway Company, 1872-1883
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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14 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 Alcester Railway Company was incorporated under Alcester Railway Act on 6th August 1872. The company was vested in the Great Western and Stratford on Avon railway companies by Great Western Railway Company's Act of 22nd July 1878. Under the Great Western Railway Act 20th August 1883, Stratford on Avon and Great Western railway companies were amalgamated, as from 1st July, 1883.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12194/
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