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Series
Bury and Tottington District Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 90
What's it about?
RAIL 90
This series details the formation and administration of the Bury and Tottington District Railway Company.Records consist of minutes of meetings of the proprietors and board, a register of Lloyds Bonds and a cash book.
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 90
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Title (The name of the record)
- Bury and Tottington District Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
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1877-1892
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series details the formation and administration of the Bury and Tottington District Railway Company.
Records consist of minutes of meetings of the proprietors and board, a register of Lloyds Bonds and a cash book.
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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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BUT
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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)
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- Bury and Tottington District Railway Company, 1877-1889
- Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, 1847-1922
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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4 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 Bury and Tottington District Railway Company was incorporated under an act of 2nd August 1877.
Under the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Act 24th July 1888 Section 34, the company was transferred to and vested in Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company as from 1st March 1889, and, under the terms of Section 47, was to be dissolved.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12278/
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