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Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway Company,
Catalogue reference: RAIL 156
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RAIL 156
This series documents the establishment and administration of the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway Company.Documents consist of minutes of various committees.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 156
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Title (The name of the record)
- Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway Company,
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1876-1923
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series documents the establishment and administration of the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway Company.
Documents consist of minutes of various committees.
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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)
- DNS
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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)
- Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway Company, 1873-1883
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 18 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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The Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway Company was incorporated under the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Junction Railway Act 5th August 1873 and its name changed to Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway Company under the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway Act 16th July 1883.
The company was absorbed into the Great Western Railway Company as from 1st January 1923 by the Great Western Railway (Western Group) Preliminary Absorption Scheme (No. 4) 1922.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12344/
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