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Series
Leeds and Bradford Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 350
What's it about?
RAIL 350
This series consists of miscellaneous records of the Leeds and Bradford 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 350
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Title (The name of the record)
- Leeds and Bradford Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1843-1859
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of miscellaneous records of the Leeds and Bradford 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)
- LEB
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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)
- Leeds and Bradford Railway Company, 1844-1851
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 7 files, rolls and volumes
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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 their act of 4th July 1844. By Act 30th June 1845, power was given to lease company to Midland Railway Company, lease being sealed on 28th October 1846. Lease was confirmed by act of 24th July 1851 and by same act, company was incorporated in Midland Railway Company. Books of the Leeds and Bradford Railway Company were finally closed on 4th October 1852 from which date company became extinct. Midland Railway Company was amalgamated into London Midland and Scottish Railway Company as from 1st January 1923 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/C12538/
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