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Series
East Gloucestershire Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 173
What's it about?
RAIL 173
This series documents the establishment and administration of the East Gloucestershire Railway Company. Records include Board minutes, agreements and papers relating to the East Gloucestershire Railway Bills 1862 and 1864.
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 173
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Title (The name of the record)
- East Gloucestershire Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1861-1890
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series documents the establishment and administration of the East Gloucestershire Railway Company.
Records include Board minutes, agreements and papers relating to the East Gloucestershire Railway Bills 1862 and 1864.
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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)
- EGL
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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 Gloucestershire Railway Company, 1862-1890
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 199 files, papers and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 1980-2003 British Railways Board
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is not accruing
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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 Gloucestershire Railway Company was incorporated under East Gloucestershire Railway Act 7th August 1862.
This Act failed (see RAIL 173/159), and a new Act was passed on 29th July 1864 to authorise the completion of the railway to Cheltenham.
It was amalgamated with Great Western Railway Company as from 1st July 1890 by Great Western Railway Act 4th August 1890.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12361/
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