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Series
Axminster and Lyme Regis Light Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 14
What's it about?
RAIL 14
This series documents the establishment and administration of the Axminster and Lyme Regis Light Railway Company and the construction of relevant railway track and associated structures.Records include board minutes, proprietors' minutes and agendas
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 14
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Title (The name of the record)
- Axminster and Lyme Regis Light Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
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1899-1907
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series documents the establishment and administration of the Axminster and Lyme Regis Light Railway Company and the construction of relevant railway track and associated structures.
Records include board minutes, proprietors' minutes and agendas
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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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AXL
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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)
- Axminster and Lyme Regis Light Railway Company, 1899-1906
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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4 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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No further accruals expected
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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 Axminster and Lyme Regis Light Railway Company was incorporated under the Light Railways Act of 1896 by an Order of the Light Railway Commissioners confirmed by the Board of Trade 15th June 1899. The company was responsible for the construction of railway track between Axminster and Lyme Regis.
In 1907, it was purchased by London & South Western Railway Company as from 1st January 1907 under the latter company's Act of 1906.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12202/
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Axminster and Lyme Regis Light Railway Company
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