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Series
Birmingham, Lichfield and Manchester Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 41
What's it about?
RAIL 41
This series documents the establishment and administration of the Birmingham Lichfield and Manchester Railway Company.Records include proprietors' and directors' minutes.
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 41
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Title (The name of the record)
- Birmingham, Lichfield and Manchester Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1845-1847
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series documents the establishment and administration of the Birmingham Lichfield and Manchester Railway Company.
Records include proprietors' and directors' minutes.
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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)
- BLM
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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)
- Birmingham, Lichfield and Manchester Railway Company, 1846-1847
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 volume(s)
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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 Birmingham, Lichfield and Manchester Railway Company was originally promoted as the Birmingham and Lichfield Railway. The Birmingham, Lichfield and Manchester Railway Company was incorporated under the Birmingham, Lichfield and Manchester Railway Act of 27th July 1846.
Under Section 57 of the act, the Grand Junction Railway Company, which had amalgamated 11 days previously with the London & Birmingham Railway Company and the Manchester & Birmingham Railway Company to form the London & North Western Railway Company, was authorised to purchase Birmingham, Lichfield & Manchester Railway Company.
Under Section 4 of the Birmingham & Lichfield Railway Act of 9th July 1847, the London & North Western Railway Company was authorised to abandon the Birmingham, Lichfield & Manchester Railway Company line, and powers etc. conferred by the Birmingham Lichfield & Manchester Railway Act of 1846 were to cease.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12229/
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Birmingham, Lichfield and Manchester Railway Company
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