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Series
Garston and Liverpool Railway Committee
Catalogue reference: RAIL 216
What's it about?
RAIL 216
This series documents the establishment and administration of the Garston and Liverpool Railway Committee.Documents consist of minutes, agreements, contracts and cash books.
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 216
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Title (The name of the record)
- Garston and Liverpool Railway Committee
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1861-1867
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series documents the establishment and administration of the Garston and Liverpool Railway Committee.
Documents consist of minutes, agreements, contracts and cash books.
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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)
- GLC
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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)
- Garston and Liverpool Railway Committee, 1861-1867
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 12 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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Line was authorised under Garston & Liverpool Railway Act 17th May 1861 and was to be constructed jointly by Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire, and Great Northern railway companies, management being vested in 6 Directors, 3 from each company, to be called Garston & Liverpool Railway committee.
Under Section 43 of Cheshire Lines Transfer Act 5th July 1865, Midland Railway Company was admitted to joint ownership in Garston & Liverpool Railway and Garston & Liverpool Railway Committee was reconstituted to include 3 Directors from Midland Railway Company, committee consisting of the nine persons forming Cheshire Lines Committee constituted under section 6 of the Act.
Under Cheshire Lines Act 15th August 1867, Cheshire Lines Committee was incorporated and powers of Garston & Liverpool Railway Committee transferred to Cheshire Lines Committee.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12404/
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