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Series
Cornwall Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 134
What's it about?
RAIL 134
This series documents the establishment and administration of the Cornwall Railway Company.Documents include minutes, plans, statements, memorials, accountants records, land matters and other assorted documentation.
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 134
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Title (The name of the record)
- Cornwall Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1839-1897
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series documents the establishment and administration of the Cornwall Railway Company.
Documents include minutes, plans, statements, memorials, accountants records, land matters and other assorted documentation.
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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)
- COR
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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)
- Cornwall Railway Company, 1846-1889
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 153 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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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 are 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 Cornwall Railway Company was incorporated under the Cornwall Railway Act 3rd August 1846 and leased to Great Western, Bristol & Exeter, and South Devon railway companies as from 3rd May 1859 by Indenture dated 9th August 1861 made by virtue of Cornwall Railway (Consolidation & Amendment) Act 1st August 1861.
The company was amalgamated with Great Western Railway Company under Great Western and Cornwall railway companies' Amalgamation Act 24th June 1889.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12322/
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