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Series
Chard Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 106
What's it about?
RAIL 106
This series documents the establishment and administration of the Chard Railway Company.Documents consist of minutes of board 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 106
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Title (The name of the record)
- Chard Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1859-1863
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series documents the establishment and administration of the Chard Railway Company.
Documents consist of minutes of board meetings.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Earlier records of the Chard Canal Company are in RAIL 889
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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)
- CHA
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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)
- Chard Railway Company, 1860-1863
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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 Chard Railway Company was incorporated under an act of 25th May 1860.
The company was amalgamated with the London and South Western Railway Company under an act of 22nd June 1863.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12294/
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Chard Railway Company
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