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Series
Ilfracombe Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 325
What's it about?
RAIL 325
This series consists of minutes of the Ilfracombe 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 325
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ilfracombe Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1863-1901
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of minutes of the Ilfracombe 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)
- ILF
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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)
- Ilfracombe Railway Company, 1864-1901
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 6 volume(s)
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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 25th July 1864. London & South Western and Devon & Somerset railway companies were authorised under certain conditions to become joint owners of Ilfracombe Railway. Ilfracombe Railway was abandoned under Ilfracombe Railway (Abandonment) Act 1868 and company was dissolved and wholly ceased to exist in 1901 in accordance with minute of directors' meeting held 21st November 1901.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12513/
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