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Bristol Joint Station Committee
Catalogue reference: RAIL 80
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RAIL 80
This series documents the establishment and administration of the Bristol Joint Station Committee.Records include committee minutes and financial records.
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 80
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Title (The name of the record)
- Bristol Joint Station Committee
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1863-1895
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series documents the establishment and administration of the Bristol Joint Station Committee.
Records include committee minutes and financial records.
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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)
- BSN
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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)
- Bristol Joint Station Committee, 1876-1894
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 15 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 Bristol Joint Station Committee was constituted under an agreement dated the 23rd March 1871 between the Great Western, Midland, and Bristol & Exeter railway companies.
The Bristol & Exeter Railway Company was amalgamated with the Great Western Railway Company as from 1st January 1876 by the Great Western and Bristol & Exeter Railways Amalgamation Act 27th June 1876.
Joint Committee functions were transferred to the Great Western and Midland Railways Joint Committee constituted under Great Western and Midland railway companies (Severn and Wye, and Severn Bridge Railway) Act 1894.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12268/
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