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Series
Ely and Newmarket Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 193
What's it about?
RAIL 193
This series documents the establishment and administration of the Ely and Newmarket Railway Company.Documents consist of minutes and a contract.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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RAIL 193
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ely and Newmarket Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
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1876-1898
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series documents the establishment and administration of the Ely and Newmarket Railway Company.
Documents consist of minutes and a contract.
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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)
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ENM
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Ely and Newmarket Railway Company, 1875-1898
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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4 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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The Ely and Newmarket Railway Company was incorporated under act of 11th August 1875.
It was leased to Great Eastern Railway Company for 999 years from 1st January 1888 under an agreement dated 4th January 1887 confirmed by act of 8th August 1887.
The undertaking was vested in Great Eastern Railway Company under act of 1898.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12381/
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