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Series
Culm Valley Light Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 147
What's it about?
RAIL 147
This series documents the establishment and administration of the Culm Valley Light Railway Company.Documents include minutes, ledgers, cash books, correspondence and other miscellaneous documents.
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 147
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Title (The name of the record)
- Culm Valley Light Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1872-1902
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series documents the establishment and administration of the Culm Valley Light Railway Company.
Documents include minutes, ledgers, cash books, correspondence and other miscellaneous documents.
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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)
- CVL
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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)
- Culm Valley Light Railway Company, 1872-1882
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 11 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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Culm Valley Light Railway Company was incorporated under Culm Valley Light Railway Act 15th May 1873.
The company was sold and transferred to Great Western Railway Company under provisions of Bristol and Exeter Railway Act 19th July 1875, arrangement being effected in April 1880. Its last meeting was held on 3rd November 1882 at which the chairman declared company to be dissolved, pursuant to provisions of Bristol and Exeter Railway Act 1875.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12335/
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