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Forest of Dean Central Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 209
What's it about?
RAIL 209
This series documents the establishment and administration of the Forest of Dean Central Railway Company.Documents include minutes, a ledger, a cash book and a journal.
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 209
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Title (The name of the record)
- Forest of Dean Central Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1852-1879
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series documents the establishment and administration of the Forest of Dean Central Railway Company.
Documents include minutes, a ledger, a cash book and a journal.
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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)
- FDC
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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)
- Forest of Dean Central Railway Company, 1856-1923
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 20 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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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)
- No future accruals expected
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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 Forest of Dean Central Railway Company was incorporated under their act of 11th July 1856 and worked by Great Western Railway Company, first, under an agreement dated 29th April 1865 and later, after 1890, under a lease from Crown.
As from 1st January 1923, company was absorbed into Great Western Railway Company under Great Western Railway (Forest of Dean Central Railway) Absorption Scheme dated 3rd August 1923.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12397/
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