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Carmarthenshire Railway or Tramroad Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 100
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RAIL 100
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 100
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Title (The name of the record)
- Carmarthenshire Railway or Tramroad Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1873-1881
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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)
- CMT
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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)
- Llanelly and Mynydd Mawr Railway Company, 1875-1923
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 3 volume(s)
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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 Carmarthenshire Railway was Incorporated under act of 3rd June 1802.
Under Llanelly & Mynydd Mawr Railway Act of 19th July 1875, Llanelly & Mynydd Mawr Railway was incorporated for purpose of constructing railway along course of Carmarthenshire Railway or Tramroad which had become disused and tramplates removed. The new company was to purchase undertaking of Tramroad Company and when its affairs had been wound up Carmarthenshire Railway or Tramroad Company was to be dissolved.
Llanelly & Mynydd Mawr Railway Company was absorbed into Great Western Railway Company as from 1st January 1923 under Great Western Railway (Western Group) Preliminary Absorption Scheme (No.3) 1922, dated 19th January 1923.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12288/
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