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Devon and Cornwall Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 154
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RAIL 154
This series documents the establishment and administration of the Devon and Cornwall Railway Company.Documents consist of agreements, specifications and legal instructions.
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 154
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Title (The name of the record)
- Devon and Cornwall Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1865-1875
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series documents the establishment and administration of the Devon and Cornwall Railway Company.
Documents consist of agreements, specifications and legal instructions.
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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)
- DAC
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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)
- Devon and Cornwall Railway Company, 1865-1889
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 5 file(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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The Devon and Cornwall Railway Company was incorporated as Okehampton Railway Company under Okehampton Railway Act 17th July 1862 (25 & 26 Vic, cap.165). Its name was changed to Devon & Cornwall Railway under the act of 29th June 1865 (28 & 29 Vic, cap.149).
Provisions were made in the London & South Western Railway (Additional Powers) Act 16th July 1866 for lease or transfer of the Devon & Cornwall Railway Company to the London & South Western Railway Company when certain conditions were fulfilled.
The Holsworthy Branch was transferred in 1880 under powers conferred by the London & South Western (Various Powers) Act 1876, and the final transfer apparently took place about 1889.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12342/
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