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Ipswich and Bury St. Edmunds Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 326
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RAIL 326
This series consists of Ipswich and Bury St. Edmunds Railway Company, 1845-1847.
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 326
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ipswich and Bury St. Edmunds Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1845-1849
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of Ipswich and Bury St. Edmunds Railway Company, 1845-1847.
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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)
- IBE
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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)
- Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds Railway Company, 1845-1847
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 5 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 8 & 9 Vic, cap.97 (1845). Under act of 1847 (11 Vic cap.174) amalgamated with Eastern Union Railway Company to form new company of latter name. Under act of 7th August 1862, Eastern Union; East Anglian; Norfolk; Eastern Counties; and East Suffolk railway companies, with their subsidiary undertakings, were amalgamated to form Great Eastern Railway Company. Great Eastern Railway Company became part of London & North Eastern Railway Company from 1st January 1923 under North Eastern, Eastern and East Scottish Group Amalgamation Scheme 1922, dated 30th December 1922.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12514/
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