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Series
Liskeard and Looe Union Canal Company (afterwards Liskeard and Looe Railway Company)
Catalogue reference: RAIL 367
What's it about?
RAIL 367
This series consists of miscellaneous records of the Liskeard and Looe Union Canal Company (afterwards Liskeard and Looe 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)
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RAIL 367
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Title (The name of the record)
- Liskeard and Looe Union Canal Company (afterwards Liskeard and Looe Railway Company)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1825-1922
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of miscellaneous records of the Liskeard and Looe Union Canal Company (afterwards Liskeard and Looe Railway Company)
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Records of the Liskeard and Looe Union Canal Company are in RAIL 893
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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)
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LIS
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Liskeard and Looe Railway Company, 1895-1923
- Liskeard and Looe Union Canal Company, 1825-1895
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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11 papers and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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BRB (Residuary) Ltd
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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)
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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 under act of 22nd June 1825 as "Liskeard and Looe Union Canal Company".
By Liskeard and Looe Railway Act, 11th May 1858, a railway was authorised in substitution for a canal, and by section 39 of Liskeard and Looe Railway (Extension) Act of 6th July 1895, name was changed to "Liskeard and Looe Railway Company".
Line was worked by Liskeard and Caradon Railway Company under agreement, and by Great Western Railway Company as from 1st January 1909 under agreement dated 8th August 1907, confirmed by section 4 of Great Western Liskeard and Looe and Liskeard and Caradon Railways Act 25th May 1909.
Company was absorbed into Great Western Railway Company as from 1st January 1923 by Railways Act 19th August 1921, and Great Western Railway (Western Group) Preliminary Absorption Scheme (No.3) 1922 dated 19th January 1923.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12555/
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