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Bexley Heath Railway Company: Records
Catalogue reference: RAIL 32
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RAIL 32
This series documents the establishment and administration of the Bexley Heath Railway Company. Records include board and general minutes and registers
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 32
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Title (The name of the record)
- Bexley Heath Railway Company: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1882-1901
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series documents the establishment and administration of the Bexley Heath Railway Company. Records include board and general minutes and registers
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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)
- BXH
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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)
- Bexley Heath Railway Company, 1883-1900
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 10 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- 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)
- 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 Bexley Heath Railway Company was incorporated under an act of 20th August 1883. Under an agreement, dated 17th July 1890 and scheduled to Bexley Heath Railway Act of 1890, the line was worked by the South Eastern Railway Company.
In 1900, the Bexley Heath Railway Company was transferred to South Eastern Railway Company under the South Eastern Railway Act of 10th July.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12220/
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