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Easingwold Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 167
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RAIL 167
This series documents the establishment and administration of the Easingwold Railway Company.Documents include minutes, stock and share registers, deeds and agreements, dorrespondence, accounting records as well as miscellaneous records such as...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 167
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Title (The name of the record)
- Easingwold Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1886-1967
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series documents the establishment and administration of the Easingwold Railway Company.
Documents include minutes, stock and share registers, deeds and agreements, dorrespondence, accounting records as well as miscellaneous records such as press notices and advertisements.
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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)
- . EAS
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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)
- Easingwold Railway Company, 1887-1959
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 71 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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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 Easingwold Railway Company was incorporated by act of 23 August 1887. Line was opened for traffic 1 July 1891, and closed 30 December 1957. Date of winding up of company was 12 October 1959.
Although this company never became part of British Transport Commission, towards end of its existence it hired its locomotives from British Railways, who, after closing of the line, provided cartage services for area formerly serviced. Records of company eventually passed to British Railways for custody.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12355/
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