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Evesham and Redditch Railway Company: Records
Catalogue reference: RAIL 199
What's it about?
RAIL 199
This series documents the establishment and administration of the Evesham and Redditch Railway Company. Records mainly consist of minutes of shareholders' and directors' meetings, and papers relating to the Evesham and Redditch Railway Bill 1863.
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 199
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Title (The name of the record)
- Evesham and Redditch Railway Company: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1863-1883
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series documents the establishment and administration of the Evesham and Redditch Railway Company.
Records mainly consist of minutes of shareholders' and directors' meetings, and papers relating to the Evesham and Redditch Railway Bill 1863.
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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)
- ERR
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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)
- Evesham and Redditch Railway Company, 1863-1886
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 9 files, rolls and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 1977-2003 British Railways Board
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is not accruing
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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 Evesham and Redditch Railway Company was incorporated under act of 13th July 1863.
Under Section 29 of Midland Railway (Additional Powers) Act of 12th July 1882, company was absolutely vested in Midland Railway as from 1st July 1882, and under Section 31 of Midland Railway Act of 25th June 1886, Evesham & Redditch Railway Company was dissolved.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12387/
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