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Series
Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 57
What's it about?
RAIL 57
This series documents the establishment and administration of the Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway Company.Records include minutes of directors, board and general meetings, agreements and day books.
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 57
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Title (The name of the record)
- Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1832-1886
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series documents the establishment and administration of the Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway Company.
Records include minutes of directors, board and general meetings, agreements and day books.
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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)
- BDW
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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)
- Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway Company, 1832-1886
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 24 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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BRB (Residuary) Ltd
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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 Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway Company was incorporated by the Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway Company Act of 23 May 1832.
In 1845, the railway was bought by the Cornwall and Devon Central Railway, but that Company's parliamentary bill failed in 1846, and London and South Western Railway Company took over the shares (without parliamentary sanction) in 1847, for £27,000.
In 1886, the Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway Company was transferred to the London and South Western Railway Company under the South Western Railway Act of 25 June, and it was amalgamated with the latter company as from 1 July 1886.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12245/
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