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Series
Great Central and Metropolitan Railways Joint Committee
Catalogue reference: RAIL 223
What's it about?
RAIL 223
This series documents the establishment and administration of the Great Central and Metropolitan Railways Joint Committee. The documents consist of the book of minutes.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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RAIL 223
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Title (The name of the record)
- Great Central and Metropolitan Railways Joint Committee
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Date (When the record was created)
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1899
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series documents the establishment and administration of the Great Central and Metropolitan Railways Joint Committee.
The documents consist of the book of minutes.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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This committee was succeeded by the Metropolitan and Great Central Joint Committee whose records are held by the Great London Record Office.
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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)
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GMEJ
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Great Central Railway Company, 1897-1923
- Metropolitan Railway Company, 1854-1923
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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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 Great Central and Metropolitan Railways Committee was formed by three directors of each of the two companies in pursuance of clause 12 of an agreement dated 18 Dec 1890 which was confirmed by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (Extension to London) Act 1893. Only three meetings were held.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12411/
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