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Great Western Railway Company: Deeds, Agreements, Contracts, Specifications, Estimates...
Catalogue reference: RAIL 252
What's it about?
RAIL 252
Contains agreements, contracts, bonds, deeds, etc. relating to the construction of railways, buildings, shipping, rolling stock, telegraphs and other equipment of the Great Western Railway and companies it made agreements with.
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 252
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Title (The name of the record)
- Great Western Railway Company: Deeds, Agreements, Contracts, Specifications, Estimates and Plans
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1834-1981
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Description (What the record is about)
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Contains agreements, contracts, bonds, deeds, etc. relating to the construction of railways, buildings, shipping, rolling stock, telegraphs and other equipment of the Great Western Railway and companies it made agreements with.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For other plans see AN 48
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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)
- GW 3
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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 Railway Company, 1835-1947
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 2435 files, rolls and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 1980-2011 British Railways Board
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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
- Communications
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No further accruals expected
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12440/
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