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Exeter Great Western Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 202
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RAIL 202
This series documents the establishment and administration of the Exeter Great Western Railway Company.The documents consist of minutes, contracts and agreements.
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 202
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Title (The name of the record)
- Exeter Great Western Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1845-1847
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series documents the establishment and administration of the Exeter Great Western Railway Company.
The documents consist of minutes, contracts and agreements.
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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)
- EGW
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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 Great Western Railway Company, 1845-1847
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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 first recorded meeting of the Exeter Great Western Railway Company is that of 8th November 1845 to propose formation of new company but the last entry records that Company failed in its attempt to get its Bill passed through Parliament and was therefore virtually dissolved, Great WesternRailway Company paying costs.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12390/
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