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Series
Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Stour Valley Railway Company: Records
Catalogue reference: RAIL 45
What's it about?
RAIL 45
This series documents the establishment and administration of the Birmingham Wolverhampton and Stour Valley Railway Company, and the construction of relevant railway track.Records include minutes of meetings of proprietors, board and committees and plans.
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 45
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Title (The name of the record)
- Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Stour Valley Railway Company: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1845-1867
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series documents the establishment and administration of the Birmingham Wolverhampton and Stour Valley Railway Company, and the construction of relevant railway track.
Records include minutes of meetings of proprietors, board and committees and plans.
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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)
- BSVR
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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, Wolverhampton and Stour Valley Railway Company, 1846-1867
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 14 files, rolls and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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BRB (Residuary) Ltd , from 1994, in 2002
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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 Birmingham, Wolverhampton & Stour Valley Railway Company was incorporated under the Birmingham, Wolverhampton & Stour Valley Railway Act; Birmingham, Wolverhampton & Dudley Lines, of 3rd August 1846.
The act provided for the appointment of a number of directors of this company by the London & Birmingham Railway Company, the Birmingham Canal Company and (if incorporated that session) the Shrewsbury & Birmingham Railway Company.
In 1867, by section 77 of London & North Western Railway (New Works & Additional Powers) Act, power was given to the London & North Western Railway Company to issue shareholders of Birmingham, Wolverhampton & Stour Valley Railway Company with shares and stock of the London & North Western Railway Company.
By Section 79 of the same act, the Birmingham, Wolverhampton & Stour Valley Railway Company was dissolved. The company was vested absolutely in the London & North Western Railway Company.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12233/
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