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Lewes and Uckfield Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 365
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RAIL 365
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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 365
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Title (The name of the record)
- Lewes and Uckfield Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1857-1861
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of Lewes and Uckfield 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)
- LEU
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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)
- Lewes and Uckfield Railway Company, 1857-1860
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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 under act of 27th July 1857. Company was purchased by London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Company on 31st May 1860. London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Company became part of Southern Railway Company under Railways (Southern Group) Amalgamation Scheme 1922 dated 22nd December 1922.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12553/
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