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Great Western Railway Company: Mechanics Institution, Swindon
Catalogue reference: RAIL 276
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RAIL 276
This series contains the records of the Mechanics' Institution, Swindon which include vouchers, treasurer's cash books, some monthly accounts, photographs and programmes of activities held at the Institution. Also included are some reports of the...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 276
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Title (The name of the record)
- Great Western Railway Company: Mechanics Institution, Swindon
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1843-1947
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains the records of the Mechanics' Institution, Swindon which include vouchers, treasurer's cash books, some monthly accounts, photographs and programmes of activities held at the Institution. Also included are some reports of the Swindon and North Wilts Technical School.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Filed in the former British Transport Historical Records order.
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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 27
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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)
- 27 bundles and files
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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 Mechanics' Institution was established as the Swindon Mechanics' Institution in 1843. It also had the title of New Swindon Mechanics' Institution before the present one.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12464/
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