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Series
Buckfastleigh, Totnes and South Devon Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 84
What's it about?
RAIL 84
This series details the establishment and administration of the Buckfastleigh, Totnes and South Devon Railway Company.Records include minutes of board and general meetings, circulars, ledgers, cash books and receipts.
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 84
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Title (The name of the record)
- Buckfastleigh, Totnes and South Devon Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1864-1897
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series details the establishment and administration of the Buckfastleigh, Totnes and South Devon Railway Company.
Records include minutes of board and general meetings, circulars, ledgers, cash books and receipts.
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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)
- BTD
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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)
- Buckfastleigh, Totnes and South Devon Railway Company, 1864-1897
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 21 files and volumes
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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 Buckfastleigh, Totnes and South Devon Railway Company was incorporated under the Buckfastleigh, Totnes and South Devon Railway Act 25th July 1864.
It was vested in the Great Western Railway Company as from 1st July 1897 by the Great Western Railway (Additional Powers) Act 6th August 1897.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12272/
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Buckfastleigh, Totnes and South Devon Railway Company
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