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Ely and St. Ives Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 194
What's it about?
RAIL 194
This series documents the establishment and administration of the Ely and St Ives Railway Company.Documents consist of minutes and financial records such as ledgers, cash books and registers.
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 194
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ely and St. Ives Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
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1864-1899
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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 St Ives Railway Company.
Documents consist of minutes and financial records such as ledgers, cash books and registers.
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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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EST
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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 St. Ives Railway Company, 1878-1898
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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8 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, Haddenham and Sutton Railway Company was incorporated under act of 23rd June 1864.
After completion of an extension authorised under act of 7th April 1876, name of Company was changed to Ely and St Ives Railway Company.
Under an agreement scheduled to Act of 1876 and under act of 21st July 1879, Great Eastern Railway Company leased line for 999 years, but 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/C12382/
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