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Great Western Railway Company: Parliamentary Bill Papers
Catalogue reference: RAIL 280
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RAIL 280
This series contains Parliamentary Bill papers relating to the establishment and expansion of the Great Western Railway, from 1835 to 1864. Many of the papers are evidence and petitions for and against the various bills, considered in...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 280
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Title (The name of the record)
- Great Western Railway Company: Parliamentary Bill Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1809-1864
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains Parliamentary Bill papers relating to the establishment and expansion of the Great Western Railway, from 1835 to 1864. Many of the papers are evidence and petitions for and against the various bills, considered in Parliamentary Committee. These throw light upon contemporary transport conditions and commercial life in England, and the impact of the railways. A few papers deal with related land transactions (pieces 463 onwards).
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Grouped under the various bills
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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)
- GW31
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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)
- 480 papers
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1990 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
- Trade and commerce
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No future accruals expected
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Acquisition Policy collection theme 2.2.2.1: The economic, social and demographic condition of the UK, as documented by the state's dealings with individuals, communities and organisations outside its own formal boundaries
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12468/
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