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Series
Eastern Union Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 187
What's it about?
RAIL 187
This series documents the establishment and administration of the Eastern Union Railway Company.Documents consist of proprietors and directors minutes as well as other miscellaneous records.
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 187
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Title (The name of the record)
- Eastern Union Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1844-1866
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series documents the establishment and administration of the Eastern Union Railway Company.
Documents consist of proprietors and directors minutes as well as other miscellaneous records.
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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)
- EUR
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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 Union Railway Company, 1844-1862
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 29 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
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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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Eastern Union Railway Company was originally incorporated in 1844 under Act 8 Vic, cap.85.
Under act of 1847 (11 Vic, cap.174) it was amalgamated with Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds Railway Company (incorporated under Act 9 Vic, cap.97) to form a new Eastern Union Railway Company.
Under act of 7th August 1862, Eastern Union Railway Company was amalgamated with East Anglian Railway; Eastern Counties Railway; Norfolk Railway; and East Suffolk Railway, with their subsidiary undertakings, to form Great Eastern Railway Company.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12375/
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