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Series
Blackpool Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 54
What's it about?
RAIL 54
This series documents the establishment and administration of the Blackpool Railway Company.Records include minutes of special, general and board meetings, a company prospectus and seal 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 54
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Title (The name of the record)
- Blackpool Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1888-1905
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series documents the establishment and administration of the Blackpool Railway Company.
Records include minutes of special, general and board meetings, a company prospectus and seal 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)
- BPL
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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)
- Blackpool Railway Company, 1884-1901
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 3 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 Blackpool Railway Company was incorporated under the Blackpool Railway Company Act of 7th August 1884.
On 21st October 1892, the Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway Company entered into an agreement to work the line at 55% of gross receipts. The Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway Company was also empowered by a railway act of 1893 to appoint four directors of the Blackpool Railway Company.
In March 1901, the Board of Directors of Great Central Railway Company referred to the abandonment of the Blackpool Railway Company.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12242/
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