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Series
Cambrian Railways Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 92
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RAIL 92
This series details the establishment and administration of the Cambrian Railways Company.Documents include minutes and reports, registers of stockholders, plans and photographs as well as staff records and registers.
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 92
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Title (The name of the record)
- Cambrian Railways Company
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Date (When the record was created)
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1857-1944
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series details the establishment and administration of the Cambrian Railways Company.
Documents include minutes and reports, registers of stockholders, plans and photographs as well as staff records and registers.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
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Catalogue entries for Reports to Board in this series have been enhanced as part of a project supported by Volunteers, including the Friends of The National Archives; completed in September 2018.
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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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CAM
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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)
- Cambrian Railways Company, 1864-1922
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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153 rolls and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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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 Cambrian Railways Company was incorporated by the Cambrian Railways Act of 25th July 1864 which dissolved (1) Oswestry, Ellesmere and Whitchurch Railway, (2) Oswestry and Newtown Railway, (3) Llanidloes and Newtown Railway, and (4) Newtown and Machynlleth Railway.
By virtue of Cambrian and Coast Railways (Amalgamation) Act 5th July 1865, Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway was amalgamated with Cambrian Railways as from 5th August 1865.
Under Cambrian Railways (Steamboats) Act, 9th July 1889 they were authorised to provide and work steam vessels between certain points and, by agreement dated 29th February 1888, worked Mid Wales Railway as from 1st January 1888. The latter company amalgamated with Cambrian Railways as from 1st July 1904 under Cambrian Railways (Mid Wales Railway Amalgamation etc) Act 24th June 1904.
The company was amalgamated with Great Western Railway as from 1st January 1923 by virtue of Railways Act 19th August 1921 and was the largest of the Welsh independent companies amalgamated into the GWR at this time.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12280/
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