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Series
Barnsley Coal Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 22
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RAIL 22
This series documents the establishment and administration of the Barnsley Coal Railway Company. Records include minutes of directors' meetings.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 22
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Title (The name of the record)
- Barnsley Coal Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1861-1863
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series documents the establishment and administration of the Barnsley Coal Railway Company. Records include minutes of directors' meetings.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Records taken into the British Transport Historical Records Office were allocated BTHR series references.
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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)
- BYR
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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)
- Barnsley Coal Railway Company, 1861-1863
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 volume(s)
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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 Barnsley Coal Railway Company was established in 1861 by the Barnsley Coal Railway Company Act of 16th January 1861. From 30th April 1863, the company had working arrangements with Midland Railway, with the South Yorkshire Railway & River Dun Company, and with the Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway Company.
In 1863, the Barnsley Coal Railway Company was purchased by the South Yorkshire Railway & River Dun Company by the Act of 13th July.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12210/
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