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Series
Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 371
What's it about?
RAIL 371
This series consists of minutes of the Liverpool and Manchester 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 371
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Title (The name of the record)
- Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
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1824-1845
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of minutes of the Liverpool and Manchester 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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LVM
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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 Manchester Railway Company, 1826-1845
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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50 files 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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First Prospectus of this company was issued on 29th October 1824, and first Act incorporating Company received Royal Assent on 5th May 1826. By act of 8th August 1845, Bolton and Leigh; Kenyon and Leigh Junction; Liverpool and Manchester; and Grand Junction railway companies were consolidated under name of Grand Junction Railway Company. This latter Company, with London and Birmingham and Manchester and Birmingham railway companies, were consolidated under act of 16th July 1846 to form London and North Western Railway Company, which company became vested in London Midland and Scottish Railway Company as from 1st January 1923.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12559/
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