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Great Western, Shrewsbury and Chester, and Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway companies
Catalogue reference: RAIL 283
What's it about?
RAIL 283
This series consists of minutes relating to the Great Western, Shrewsbury and Chester, and Shrewsbury and Birmingham railway companies.
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 283
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Title (The name of the record)
- Great Western, Shrewsbury and Chester, and Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway companies
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1850-1855
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of minutes relating to the Great Western, Shrewsbury and Chester, and Shrewsbury and Birmingham railway companies.
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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)
- GWSC
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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)
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- Great Western Railway Company, 1835-1947
- Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Company, 1846-1854
- Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Company, 1846-1854
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 26 papers 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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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 Shrewsbury and Chester and the Shrewsbury and Birmingham railway companies were incorporated on 27 July 1846 and 3 Aug 1846 respectively, and subsequently taken over by the Great western Railway Company on 1 Sept 1854.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12471/
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