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Series
Kent Coast Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 333
What's it about?
RAIL 333
This series consists of miscellaneous books and records and minutes of the Kent Coast 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 333
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Title (The name of the record)
- Kent Coast Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1857-1874
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of miscellaneous books and records and minutes of the Kent Coast 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)
- KCR
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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 Coast Railway Company, 1857-1871
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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 17th August 1857 as Herne Bay & Faversham Railway Company. Under act of 15th August 1859, name was changed to Margate Railway Company, and under act of 6th August 1861 name was again changed to Kent Coast Railway Company. By act of 31st July 1871 amalgamation was authorised with London, Chatham & Dover Railway Company under agreement dated 13th July 1871, sanctioned by proprietors of both companies in August 1871. This agreement is set out in full on page 7 of appendix to Bradshaw's manual for 1872. London, Chatham & Dover Railway Company became part of Southern Railway Company as 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/C12521/
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Kent Coast Railway Company
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