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Series
Cardiff Railway Company: Records
Catalogue reference: RAIL 97
What's it about?
RAIL 97
This series details the establishment and administration of the Cardiff Railway Company.Documents include minutes of board and general and special meetings, reports of chief officers and general managers to the board, staff records, photographs...
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 97
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Title (The name of the record)
- Cardiff Railway Company: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
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1867-1927
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series details the establishment and administration of the Cardiff Railway Company.
Documents include minutes of board and general and special meetings, reports of chief officers and general managers to the board, staff records, photographs of work at New Dock and miscellaneous contracts and agreements, some with plans. The contracts include those for constructing South Dock.
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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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CAR
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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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- Stuart, John Patrick Crichton, 1847-1900
- Bute Docks Company, 1886-1897
- Cardiff Railway Company, 1897-1923
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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135 files 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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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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BRB (Residuary) Ltd , from 1992, in 2002
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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No further accruals expected
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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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Under the Bute Docks (Transfer) Act 25th June 1886, the Bute Docks Company was constituted and the Cardiff Docks and Railways connected therewith were transferred from Marquis of Bute and others to this company as from 31st December 1886.
The name of the company was changed to the Cardiff Railway Company under section 60 of the Cardiff Railway Act, 6th August 1897.
The Cardiff Railway Company was amalgamated with Great Western Railway Company as from 1st January 1922 by the Great Western Railway (Western Group) Preliminary Amalgamation Scheme 25th March 1922.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12285/
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