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Carnarvonshire Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 102
What's it about?
RAIL 102
This series documents the establishment and administration of the Carnarvonshire Railway Company.The records include minutes, plans and contracts relating to locomotives and rolling stock and some miscellaneous documents.
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 102
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Title (The name of the record)
- Carnarvonshire Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1862-1871
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series documents the establishment and administration of the Carnarvonshire Railway Company.
The records include minutes, plans and contracts relating to locomotives and rolling stock and some miscellaneous documents.
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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)
- CNV
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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)
- Carnarvonshire Railway Company, 1862-1870
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 9 files and volumes
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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 Carnarvonshire Railway was incorporated under act of 29th July 1862. Under section 45 of that Act, the company was authorised to enter into agreements with London and North Western, and the Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast railway companies. A joint committee was also authorised to be set up.
By virtue of sections 43-49 of London and North Western Railway (Additional Powers) Act 4th July 1870, the Carnarvonshire Railway was dissolved and vested in the London and North Western Railway Company.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12290/
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