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Cardiff, Penarth and Barry Junction Railways Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 96
What's it about?
RAIL 96
This series details the establishment and administration of the Cardiff, Penarth and Barry Junction Railways Company.Records include minutes of directors and general meetings, invoices and journals.
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 96
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Title (The name of the record)
- Cardiff, Penarth and Barry Junction Railways Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1885-1889
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series details the establishment and administration of the Cardiff, Penarth and Barry Junction Railways Company.
Records include minutes of directors and general meetings, invoices and journals.
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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)
- CPB
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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)
- Cardiff, Penarth and Barry Junction Railways Company, 1885-1889
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 3 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 Cardiff, Penarth and Barry Junction Railways Company was incorporated under the Cardiff, Penarth and Cadoxton-juxta-Barry Railway Act 6th August 1885.
It was amalgamated with the Taff Vale Railway Company as from 1st July 1889 by Taff Vale Railway (Amalgamations and Capital) Act 26th August 1889.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12284/
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Cardiff, Penarth and Barry Junction Railways Company
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