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Series
Kent and East Sussex Light Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 332
What's it about?
RAIL 332
This series consists of miscellaneous books abd records of the Kent and East Sussex Light 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 332
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Title (The name of the record)
- Kent and East Sussex Light Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1897-1948
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of miscellaneous books abd records of the Kent and East Sussex Light 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)
- KES
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- MPR.432
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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)
- Kent and East Sussex Light Railway Company, 1896-1947
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 8 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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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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Incorporated as Rother Valley (Light) Railway Company in 1896 and by Order of Light Railway Commissioners April 1904, its name was changed to Kent and East Sussex Light Railway Company. Company passed to British Transport Commission under Transport Act 1947.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12520/
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Kent and East Sussex Light Railway Company
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