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Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 125
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RAIL 125
This series documents the establishment and administration of the Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway Company.Documents include minutes of various committees, stock and share registers and ledgers and cash books.
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 125
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Title (The name of the record)
- Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1852-1887
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series documents the establishment and administration of the Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway Company.
Documents include minutes of various committees, stock and share registers and ledgers and cash books.
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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)
- CMU
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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)
- Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway Company, 1853-1887
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 38 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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BRB (Residuary) Ltd
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No further accruals expected
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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 Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway Company was incoporated under the Coleford, Monmouth Usk and Pontypool Railway Act 20 August 1853 and leased to West Midland Railway Company by Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway (Lease etc,) Act 22 July 1861.
Under the Great Western Railway Act of 22 August 1881, the company was vested in the Great Western Railway Company as from 1 January 1887.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12313/
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