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Series
Liverpool and Chester Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 369
What's it about?
RAIL 369
This series consists of committee minutes of the Liverpool and Chester 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 369
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Title (The name of the record)
- Liverpool and Chester Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
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1830-1831
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of committee minutes of the Liverpool and Chester 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)
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LVC
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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)
- Liverpool and Chester Railway Company, 1830-1831
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1 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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First meeting of Committee formed to construct this Railway took place on 2nd October 1830 but it appears from Minute of 21st September 1831 that Company failed in their application to Parliament. Last meeting recorded is that held on 13th December 1831 wherein it was decided to adjourn until 22nd December, but no further entries appear.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12557/
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