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Series
Festiniog and Blaenau Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 205
What's it about?
RAIL 205
This series documents the establishment and administration of the Festiniog and Blaenau Railway Company.Documents consist of accountants records.
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 205
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Title (The name of the record)
- Festiniog and Blaenau Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1876-1883
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series documents the establishment and administration of the Festiniog and Blaenau Railway Company.
Documents consist of accountants records.
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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)
- FBN
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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)
- Festiniog and Blaenau Railway Company, 1862-1880
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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 Festiniog and Blaenau Railway Company, incorporated as a limited liability company, opened as a narrow gauge line on 30th May 1868, and as a passenger etc. line on standard gauge on 10th September 1883.
It was vested in Great Western and Bala & Festiniog railway companies jointly, under Great Western Railway Act, 6th August, 1880.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12393/
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