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Dursley and Midland Junction Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 166
What's it about?
RAIL 166
This series documents the establishment and administration of the Dursley and Midland Junction Railway Company.Documents consist of minutes of meetings of proprietors and directors.
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 166
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Title (The name of the record)
- Dursley and Midland Junction Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1855-1861
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series documents the establishment and administration of the Dursley and Midland Junction Railway Company.
Documents consist of minutes of meetings of proprietors and directors.
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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)
- DMJ
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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)
- Dursley and Midland Junction Railway Company, 1855-1861
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 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 Dursley and Midland Junction Railway Company was incorporated under act of 25th May 1855.
Under Section 26 etc., of Midland Railway (Additional Powers) Act 28th June 1861, power was given for transfer of undertaking to Midland Railway Company by deed of transfer, and for Dursley & Midland Junction Railway Company to wind up its affairs, after which company was to be dissolved; but purchase by Midland Railway Company was not completed until October 1861.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12354/
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