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East and West Yorkshire Union Railways Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 170
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RAIL 170
This series documents the establishment and administration of the East and West Yorkshire Union Railways Company.Documents include minutes of meetings, stock and share registers, accountants records, legers and cash books, parliamentary papers...
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 170
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Title (The name of the record)
- East and West Yorkshire Union Railways Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1881-1923
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series documents the establishment and administration of the East and West Yorkshire Union Railways Company.
Documents include minutes of meetings, stock and share registers, accountants records, legers and cash books, parliamentary papers and prospectuses.
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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)
- EWY
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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)
- East and West Yorkshire Union Railways Company, 1883-1923
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 40 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
- Official publications
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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 East and West Yorkshire Union Railways Company was incorporated under act of 2nd August 1883. Company was authorised to construct certain Light Railways under Light Railway Orders of 1896 and 1901.
Under London & North Eastern Railway Absorption (No. 1) Scheme 1923 (29.6.1923) East & West Yorkshire Union Railway Company was transferred to and absorbed by London & North Eastern Railway Company from 1st January 1923.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12358/
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