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Series
Great Northern and Great Eastern Railways Joint Committee
Catalogue reference: RAIL 233
What's it about?
RAIL 233
This series documents the establishment and administration of the Great Northern and Great Eastern Railways Joint Committee.Documents include minutes of the joint committee, plans and contracts and includes plans of the Gainsborough and...
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 233
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Title (The name of the record)
- Great Northern and Great Eastern Railways Joint Committee
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1846-1922
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series documents the establishment and administration of the Great Northern and Great Eastern Railways Joint Committee.
Documents include minutes of the joint committee, plans and contracts and includes plans of the Gainsborough and Werrington Junction Railway and of the Spalding and Lincoln Railway.
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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)
- GNGE
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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)
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- Great Eastern Railway Company, 1862-1923
- Great North of England Railway Company, 1836-1846
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 42 files, 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
- Maps and plans
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12421/
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Great Northern and Great Eastern Railways Joint Committee
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