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Series
Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 37
What's it about?
RAIL 37
This series documents the establishment and administration of the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Company, the construction of railway track and the purchase of rolling stock.Records include minutes of meetings of proprietors, board and...
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 37
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Title (The name of the record)
- Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
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1835-1846
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series documents the establishment and administration of the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Company, the construction of railway track and the purchase of rolling stock.
Records include minutes of meetings of proprietors, board and committees; agreements, contracts and plans; and records of locomotive stock.
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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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BGR
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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)
- Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Company, 1836-1846
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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27 files, rolls 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
- Construction industries
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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 Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Company was incorporated under the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Act of 22nd April 1836.
In 1846, the company was incorporated into, and formed part of, the Midland Railway Company under an act of 3rd August 1846.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12225/
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