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Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury and Halstead Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 124
What's it about?
RAIL 124
This series details the establishment and administration of the Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury and Halstead Railway Company.Documents include minutes of proprietors and directors meetings and a parliamentary plan.
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 124
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury and Halstead Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1846-1898
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series details the establishment and administration of the Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury and Halstead Railway Company.
Documents include minutes of proprietors and directors meetings and a parliamentary plan.
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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)
- CSV
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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)
- Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury and Halstead Railway Company, 1846-1898
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 4 rolls 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 Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury and Halstead Railway Company was incorporated 26th June 1846 under the acts 9 and 10 Vic, cap.76, and re-constituted by an act of 25th May 1855.
It was vested in Great Eastern Railway Company from 1st July 1898 under the Great Eastern Railway Act of 1898.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12312/
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