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Series
Eastern and Midlands Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 184
What's it about?
RAIL 184
This series documents the establishment and administration of the Eastern and Midlands Railway Company.Documents include copy of the shareholders address book, information on rolling stock and revenue and stock information.
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 184
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Title (The name of the record)
- Eastern and Midlands Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1882-1893
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series documents the establishment and administration of the Eastern and Midlands Railway Company.
Documents include copy of the shareholders address book, information on rolling stock and revenue and stock information.
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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)
- EMR
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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)
- Eastern and Midlands Railway Company, 1882-1893
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 4 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 Eastern and Midlands Railway Company was incorporated by act of 18th August 1882 and comprised Lynn and Fakenham; Yarmouth and North Norfolk (Light); and Yarmouth Union undertakings which were dissolved on and from 31st December 1882. Company also controlled Cromer Railway.
As from 1st July 1893, company properties were acquired by Midland and Great Northern companies under provisions of Midland and Great Northern railway companies (Eastern and Midland Railway) Act 1893, managed by joint committee of the two companies having equal rights.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12372/
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