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Series
Exeter and Crediton Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 201
What's it about?
RAIL 201
This series documents the establishment and administration of the Exeter and Crediton Railway Company.Documents mainly consist of minutes as well as four contract plans.
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 201
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Title (The name of the record)
- Exeter and Crediton Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1844-1879
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series documents the establishment and administration of the Exeter and Crediton Railway Company.
Documents mainly consist of minutes as well as four contract plans.
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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)
- EXC
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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)
- Exeter and Crediton Railway Company, 1845-1862
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 4 files and volumes
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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 Exeter and Crediton Railway Company was incorporated by act of 1st July 1845.
The company was leased by London and South Western Railway Company as from 1st January 1862 and purchased by them under powers conferred by act of 13th July 1876; amalgamation took effect in 1879.
London & South Western Railway Company became part of Southern Railway Company as from 1st January 1923 under Railways (Southern Group) Amalgamation Scheme dated 22nd December 1922.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12389/
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