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Series
Furness and Midland Railways Joint Committee
Catalogue reference: RAIL 213
What's it about?
RAIL 213
This series documents the establishment and administration of the Furness and Midland Railways Joint Committee.This series contains minutes of the joint committee, together with the plans relating to the railway between Carnforth and Wennington.
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 213
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Title (The name of the record)
- Furness and Midland Railways Joint Committee
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1863-1897
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series documents the establishment and administration of the Furness and Midland Railways Joint Committee.
This series contains minutes of the joint committee, together with the plans relating to the railway between Carnforth and Wennington.
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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)
- FMJ
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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)
- Furness and Midland Railways Joint Committee, 1863-1923
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 21 rolls 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 Furness and Midland Railway Act 1863 empowered the Furness Railway Company and the Midland Railway Company to form the Furness and Midland Railways Joint Committee to construct a railway from a junction with the Furness Railway Company's Ulverstone and Lancaster Railway at Carnforth to join the London and North Western Railway at Wennington.
The railway was 9.5 miles long and was opened on 10th April 1867 being operated by the Midland Railway Company.
The committee existed until both companies were grouped into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway on 1st January 1923.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12401/
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