Series
Midland Railway Company: Records
Catalogue reference: RAIL 491
Date: 1832-1952
The series contains the minutes of the court of proprietors, the board of directors and various committees; accountant's and engineer's records;...
Series
Ashburton, Newton and South Devon Junction Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 10
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RAIL 10
This series documents the establishment and administration of the Ashburton, Newton and South Devon Junction Railway Company, and the construction of relevant railway track.Records include minutes of provisional directors meetings and of public...
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- RAIL 10
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ashburton, Newton and South Devon Junction Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1845-1851
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series documents the establishment and administration of the Ashburton, Newton and South Devon Junction Railway Company, and the construction of relevant railway track.
Records include minutes of provisional directors meetings and of public meetings, a prospectus of the company 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)
- ASD
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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)
- Ashburton, Newton and South Devon Junction Railway Company, 1847-1849
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 2 files and volumes
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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 Ashburton, Newton and South Devon Junction Railway Company was incorporated on 27th July 1846, and leased to the South Devon Railway Company in 1847 for 7 years. The company was established to construct railway lines in and around Ashburton and Newton in south Devon.
Owing to depression in trade, at the half-yearly meeting of 31st December, 1849 it was decided to vest the powers of dissolution in the company's shareholders.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12198/
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