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Series
Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 358
What's it about?
RAIL 358
This series consists of Leek and Manifold Valley 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 358
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Title (The name of the record)
- Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1898-1923
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of Leek and Manifold Valley 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)
- LMV
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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)
- Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway Company, 1899-1923
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 2 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 6th March 1899 under Light Railways Act 1896, Further Powers Order 1906, and Amendment Order 1911. Line was worked and maintained by North Staffordshire Railway Company under a 99 years' agreement dated 23rd May 1905. Under London Midland and Scottish Railway (Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway) Absorption Scheme 1924 dated 24th June 1924, Leek and Manifold Light Railway Company was transferred to and absorbed into London Midland and Scottish Railway Company as from 1st July 1923.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12546/
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