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Series
East Somerset Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 181
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RAIL 181
This series documents the establishment and administration of the East Somerset Railway Company.Documents include minutes and reports of the directors' meetings and committee meetings, ledgers and cash books, subscription contracts, certificates...
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 181
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Title (The name of the record)
- East Somerset Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1855-1875
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series documents the establishment and administration of the East Somerset Railway Company.
Documents include minutes and reports of the directors' meetings and committee meetings, ledgers and cash books, subscription contracts, certificates of justice of capital, and material relating to agreements with other railway companies.
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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)
- ESO.
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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 Somerset Railway Company, 1856-1874
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 28 files and volumes
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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 East Somerset Railway Company was incorporated under East Somerset Railway Act 5th June 1850.
It was amalgamated with the Great Western Railway Company by Great Western Railway Act 30th June 1874.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12369/
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