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Series
Isle of Wight Central Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 328
What's it about?
RAIL 328
Contains records of the Isle of Wight Central Railway company comprising committee minutes, agreements, staff records, accountant's records and plans.
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 328
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Title (The name of the record)
- Isle of Wight Central Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1860-1924
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Description (What the record is about)
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Contains records of the Isle of Wight Central Railway company comprising committee minutes, agreements, staff records, accountant's records and plans.
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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)
- IWC
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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)
- Isle of Wight Central Railway Company, 1887-1922
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 50 files 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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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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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
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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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An amalgamation of Cowes & Newport; Isle of Wight (Newport Junction); and Ryde & Newport railway companies under Isle of Wight Central Railway Act of 1887, with effect from 1st July 1887. Isle of Wight Central Railway Company was transferred to and absorbed by London & South Western Railway Company at midnight on 31st December 1922 under London & South Western (Southern Group) Preliminary Absorption Scheme 1922 dated 23rd December 1922. London & South Western Railway Company was one of constituent companies of Southern Railway Company from 1st January 1923 under Railways (Southern Group) Amalgamation Scheme 1922 dated 22nd December 1922.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12516/
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Isle of Wight Central Railway Company
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