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Series
Cleator and Furness Railway Committee
Catalogue reference: RAIL 118
What's it about?
RAIL 118
This series contains minutes of joint committee meetings of the Cleator and Furness Railway Committee.
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 118
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Title (The name of the record)
- Cleator and Furness Railway Committee
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1866-1870
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains minutes of joint committee meetings of the Cleator and Furness Railway Committee.
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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)
- CFJ
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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)
- Cleator and Furness Railway Committee, 1866-1877
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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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Under Cleator & Furness Railway Act 28th June 1866, Whitehaven & Furness Junction Railway Company and Whitehaven, Cleator & Egremont Railway Company were authorised to construct a railway as recited therein and to appoint three persons from each company, and their successors in office, to be called Cleator & Furness Railway Committee. Whitehaven & Furness Junction Railway Company was amalgamated with Furness Railway Company under Furness Railway (Whitehaven Amalgamation) Act of 16th July 1866, and Whitehaven, Cleator & Egremont Railway Company was vested in London & North Western Railway Company as from 1st July 1877 under London & North Western Railway (Whitehaven, Cleator & Egremont Railway Vesting) Act 1877, but by London & North Western and Furness railway companies (Whitehaven, Cleator & Egremont Vesting) Act of 17th June 1878, Whitehaven, Cleator & Egremont Railway Company was vested in London & North Western Railway Company and Furness Railway Company jointly to be maintained and managed by Joint Committee as set forth in section 4 of the act.
Furness Railway Company and London & North Western Railway Company were amalgamated into London Midland & Scottish Railway Company under North Western, Midland and West Scottish Group Amalgamation Scheme 1922 dated 30th December 1922.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12306/
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