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Blackburn and Preston Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 50
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RAIL 50
This series documents the establishment and administration of the Blackburn and Preston Railway Company and plans for the construction of relevant railway line.Records include minutes of meetings and contract plans for construction.
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 50
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Title (The name of the record)
- Blackburn and Preston Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1844-1846
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series documents the establishment and administration of the Blackburn and Preston Railway Company and plans for the construction of relevant railway line.
Records include minutes of meetings and contract plans for construction.
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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)
- BLP
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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)
- Blackburn and Preston Railway Company, 1844-1846
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 4 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
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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 Blackburn and Preston Railway Company was incorporated under the Blackburn and Preston Railway Act of 6th June 1844. Under the East Lancashire Railway Amalgamation Act of 3rd August 1846, the Blackburn & Preston Railway Company was dissolved and amalgamated with the East Lancashire Railway Company.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12238/
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