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Burry Port and Gwendreath Valley Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 89
What's it about?
RAIL 89
This series details the administration of the Burry Port and Gwendreath Valley Railway Company.Documents include minutes of proprietors' and board meetings as well as miscellaneous papers including leases, contracts and agreements, some with 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)
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RAIL 89
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Title (The name of the record)
- Burry Port and Gwendreath Valley Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
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1849-1926
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series details the administration of the Burry Port and Gwendreath Valley Railway Company.
Documents include minutes of proprietors' and board meetings as well as miscellaneous papers including leases, contracts and agreements, some with 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)
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BPG
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Burry Port and Gwendreath Valley Railway Company, 1866-1922
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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37 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
- Maps and plans
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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 Burry Port and Gwendreath Valley Railway Company was incorporated under the Kidwelly and Burry Port Railway Act 5th July 1865.
The Burry Port Railway Company was dissolved under the Kidwelly and Burry Port Railway and Burry Port Amalgamation Act of 30th April 1866 and was vested in Kidwelly and Burry Port Railway Company from that date, the name Kidwelly and Burry Port Railway Company being changed to Burry Port and Gwendreath Valley Railway Company.
The company was absorbed into Great Western Railway Company as from 1st July 1922 under Great Western Railway (Western Group) Preliminary Absorption Scheme (No.2) 24th July 1922.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12277/
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