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Series
Buckinghamshire Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 86
What's it about?
RAIL 86
This series details the establishment and administration of The Buckinghamshire Railway Company.Documents include committee minutes and reports as well as contracts and drawings.
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 86
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Title (The name of the record)
- Buckinghamshire Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1845-1878
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series details the establishment and administration of The Buckinghamshire Railway Company.
Documents include committee minutes and reports as well as contracts and drawings.
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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)
- BUK
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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)
- Buckinghamshire Railway Company, 1847-1879
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 12 files, rolls 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 Buckinghamshire Railway Company was incorporated under the Buckinghamshire Railway Act 22nd July 1847. Railways authorised under this act were called "The Buckinghamshire Railways".
The Buckinghamshire Railway Company was dissolved and vested in the London and North Western Railway Company by the London and North Western Railway (Additional Powers) Act 21st July 1879.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12274/
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