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Bridgwater Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 68
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RAIL 68
This series documents the establishment and administration of the Bridgwater Railway Company.Records include minutes of general and board meetings, agreements with other companies, and maps 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 68
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Title (The name of the record)
- Bridgwater Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1852-1923
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series documents the establishment and administration of the Bridgwater Railway Company.
Records include minutes of general and board meetings, agreements with other companies, and maps 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)
- BDG.
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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)
- Bridgwater Railway Company, 1882-1922
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 18 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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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
- Maps and plans
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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 Bridgwater Railway Company was incorporated under the Bridgwater Railway Company Act of 18th August 1882.
At a special meeting held on 30th June 1921, shareholders agreed to the purchase of the company by London & South Western Railway Company. Under the London & South Western Railway (Southern Group) Preliminary Absorption Scheme of 23rd December 1922, Bridgwater Railway Company was transferred to and absorbed by London & South Western Railway Company at midnight on 31st December 1922.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12256/
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