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Series
Great Western and Brentford Railway Company: Records
Catalogue reference: RAIL 237
What's it about?
RAIL 237
This series documents the establishment and administration of the Great Western and Brentford Railway Company.Documents include minutes, contracts, ledgers, journals, correspondence and miscellaneous records including plans and photographs.
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 237
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Title (The name of the record)
- Great Western and Brentford Railway Company: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1765-1872
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series documents the establishment and administration of the Great Western and Brentford Railway Company.
Documents include minutes, contracts, ledgers, journals, correspondence and miscellaneous records including plans and photographs.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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)
- Great Western and Brentford Railway Company, 1855-1871
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 129 files, rolls and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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BRB (Residuary) Ltd
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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)
- No further accruals expected
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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 Western and Brentford Railway Company was originally intended to be called Great Western and Brentford (Thames Junction) Railway Company, but incorporated under their act of 14th August 1855 by name of Great Western & Brentford Railway Company.
The company was leased to Great Western Railway Company by Agreement dated 1st December 1859, and confirmed by Great Western and Brentford Railway (Leasing) Act 19th April 1859.
The company was vested in Great Western Railway Company as from 1st July 1871 by Great Western Railway (Additional Powers) Act 31st July 1871.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12425/
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Great Western and Brentford Railway Company: Records
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