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Series
Keighley and Worth Valley Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 331
What's it about?
RAIL 331
This series consists of minutes of the Keighley and Worth Valley 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 331
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Title (The name of the record)
- Keighley and Worth Valley Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1861-1886
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of minutes of the Keighley and Worth Valley 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)
- KWV
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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)
- Keighley and Worth Valley Railway Company, 1862-1881
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 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 30th June 1862. Under Section 51 of Midland Railway (Additional Powers) Act 18th July 1881, company was absolutely vested in Midland Railway Company as from 1st July 1881, and by virtue of Section 31 of Midland Railway Act of 25th June 1886, Keighley & Worth Valley Railway Company was dissolved. Midland Railway Company was amalgamated into London Midland & Scottish Railway Company under North Western, Midland and West Scottish Group Amalgamation Scheme 1922 dated 30th December 1922.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12519/
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