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Series
Horncastle Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 305
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RAIL 305
This series consists registers, minutes and miscellaneous records of the Horncastle Railway Company
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 305
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Title (The name of the record)
- Horncastle Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1853-1923
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists registers, minutes and miscellaneous records of the Horncastle Railway Company
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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)
- HCR
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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)
- Horncastle Railway Company, 1854-1923
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 8 files and volumes
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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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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Incorporated under act of 17 & 18 Vic cap.143 (1854) as Horncastle & Kirkstead Junction Railway Company. Act contained provisions as to Great Northern Railway Company working line which was opened on 11th August 1855. Company changed its name to Horncastle Railway Company in 1861. Under London & North Eastern Railway Absorption (No 1) Scheme 1923 dated 29th June 1923, Horncastle Railway Company was transferred to and absorbed by London & North Eastern Railway Company as from 1st January 1923.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12493/
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