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Series
Dearne Valley Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 150
What's it about?
RAIL 150
This series documents the establishment and administration of the Deane Valley Railway Company.
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 150
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Title (The name of the record)
- Dearne Valley Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1897-1922
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series documents the establishment and administration of the Deane Valley Railway Company.
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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)
- DNV
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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)
- Dearne Valley Railway Company, 1897-1923
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 18 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 50 year closure
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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 Deane Valley Railway Company was incorporated under act of 6th August 1897.
Under London & North Western Railway (North London Railway and Dearne Valley Railway) Preliminary Absorption Scheme 1922 dated 19th December 1922 Dearne Valley Railway Company was dissolved and transferred to and absorbed in London & North Western Railway Company as from 1st January 1922.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12338/
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