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Series
Great Western Railway Company: Accountants' Records
Catalogue reference: RAIL 272
What's it about?
RAIL 272
This series contains records of the accountant of the Great Western Railway Company. Documents include accounting ledgers, journals, etc of the company both pre- and post-grouping, including records of the Kennet and Avon Canal, Shrewsbury 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 272
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Title (The name of the record)
- Great Western Railway Company: Accountants' Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1833-1952
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records of the accountant of the Great Western Railway Company.
Documents include accounting ledgers, journals, etc of the company both pre- and post-grouping, including records of the Kennet and Avon Canal, Shrewsbury and Birmingham, and Shrewsbury and Chester Railways, the Birmingham and Oxford Railway, and monthly summaries of locomotive and rolling stock construction, repair and operation.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For Kennet and Avon Canal Navigation Company's records see: RAIL 842
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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For ledgers of expenditure on new and improved works Nos 19-28 (dated 1936-1961), see AN 165/1-10.
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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 23
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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)
- 301 volume(s)
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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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1972-2003 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
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is not accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12460/
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