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Series
Avon and Gloucestershire Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 12
What's it about?
RAIL 12
This series documents the establishment and administration of the Avon and Gloucestershire Railway Company, and the construction of relevant railway track.Records include agreements, ledgers, journals and cash books.
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 12
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Title (The name of the record)
- Avon and Gloucestershire Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
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1828-1867
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series documents the establishment and administration of the Avon and Gloucestershire Railway Company, and the construction of relevant railway track.
Records include agreements, ledgers, journals and cash books.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Records of the Kennet Avon Canal Navigation Company are in RAIL 842
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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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:AGR
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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)
- Avon and Gloucestershire Railway Company, 1828-1852
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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7 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 Avon and Gloucestershire Railway Company was incorporated under the Avon and Gloucestershire Railway Company Act of 1828. The cost and expenses for this Act were paid by Kennet & Avon Canal Navigation Company and the latter company were virtually owners of Avon & Gloucestershire Railway Company. The company was established to construct a railway from Roding Hill to the Avon, with branch lines.
The company passed, with Kennet & Avon Canal Navigation Company, into the ownership of Great Western Railway Company, by transfer deed dated 29th July 1852 under the terms of Great Western Railway Act No. 1 dated 30th June 1852
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12200/
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Avon and Gloucestershire Railway Company
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