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Series
Downham and Stoke Ferry Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 160
What's it about?
RAIL 160
This series documents the establishment and administration of the Downham and Stoke Ferry Railway Company.Documents consist of minutes and stocks and shares registers.
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 160
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Title (The name of the record)
- Downham and Stoke Ferry Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1879-1897
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series documents the establishment and administration of the Downham and Stoke Ferry Railway Company.
Documents consist of minutes and stocks and shares registers.
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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)
- DSF
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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)
- Downham and Stoke Ferry Railway Company, 1879-1897
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 7 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 Downham and Stoke Ferry Railway Company was incorporated by act of 24th July 1879 and the line worked by Great Eastern Railway Company by agreement.
The company was sold to Great Eastern Railway Company as from 1st July 1897 and was wound up and dissolved under provisions of Section 43 of Great Eastern Railway (General Powers) Act 15th July 1897.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12348/
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