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Series
Forest of Dean Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 210
What's it about?
RAIL 210
This series documents the establishment and administration of the Forest of Dean Railway Company. Records include minutes of meetings, legal agreements and papers relating to Parliamentary Bills.
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 210
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Title (The name of the record)
- Forest of Dean Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1826-1859
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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 Railway Company.
Records include minutes of meetings, legal agreements and papers relating to Parliamentary Bills.
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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 Railway Company, 1826-1847
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 18 papers and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 1978-2003 British Railways Board
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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)
- Series is not accruing
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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 Railway Company was incorporated under Bullo Railway Act 10th June 1809. Bullo Railway Company was dissolved by virtue of Forest of Dean Railway Act of 1826 and re-incorporated by name of Forest of Dean Railway Company.
It was purchased by South Wales Railway Company by virtue of South Wales Railway (Amendment) Act 2nd July 1847.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12398/
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