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Series
Cawood, Wistow and Selby Light Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 103
What's it about?
RAIL 103
This series documents the establishment and administration of the Cawood, Wistow and Selby Light Railway Company.The documents consist of minutes of general meetings.
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 103
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Title (The name of the record)
- Cawood, Wistow and Selby Light Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1897-1900
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series documents the establishment and administration of the Cawood, Wistow and Selby Light Railway Company.
The documents consist of minutes of general meetings.
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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)
- CWS
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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)
- Cawood, Wistow and Selby Light Railway Company, 1896-1900
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 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 Cawood, Wistow and Selby Light Railway Company was incorporated under an act of 2nd July 1896 (59 and 60 Vic, cap.46).
The line was transferred to the North Eastern Railway Company as from 1st July 1900 after the agreement for the sale was scheduled to and confirmed by the North Eastern Railway Company's Act of 1900.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12291/
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