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Series
Exe Valley Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 200
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RAIL 200
This series documents the establishment and administration of the Exe Valley Railway Company.Documents consist of minutes of directors meetings.
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 200
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Title (The name of the record)
- Exe Valley Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1874-1875
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series documents the establishment and administration of the Exe Valley Railway Company.
Documents consist of minutes of directors meetings.
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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)
- EXV
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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)
- Exe Valley Railway Company, 1874-1875
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 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 Exe Valley Railway Company was incorporated under their act of 30th June 1874.
By the Bristol & Exeter Railway Company's Act of 19th July 1875, their powers were transferred to latter Company.
The Bristol & Exeter Railway Company was amalgamated with Great Western Railway Company as from 1st January 1876 by virtue of Great Western and Bristol & Exeter Railways Amalgamation Act 27th June 1876.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12388/
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