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Series
Bradford and Thornton Railways Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 62
What's it about?
RAIL 62
This series documents the establishment and administration of the Bradford and Thornton Railways Company.Records include minutes of the board of directors.
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 62
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Title (The name of the record)
- Bradford and Thornton Railways Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1871-1872
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series documents the establishment and administration of the Bradford and Thornton Railways Company.
Records include minutes of the board of directors.
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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)
- BTR
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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)
- Bradford and Thornton Railways Company, 1871-1872
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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 Bradford and Thornton Railway Company was incorporated under the Bradford and Thornton Railway Act of 24th July 1871. Under Sections 4 & 5 of the Great Northern Railway (Various Powers) Act of 18th July 1872, the Bradford & Thornton Railway Company was dissolved and amalgamated with the Great Northern Railway Company.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12250/
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Bradford and Thornton Railways Company
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