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Series
Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 373
What's it about?
RAIL 373
This series consists of minutes of the Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston 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 373
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Title (The name of the record)
- Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
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1844-1846
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of minutes of the Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston 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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LVO
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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, Ormskirk and Preston Railway Company, 1846-1846
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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3 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 18th August 1846. Power was given under Section 50 for East Lancashire Railway Company to purchase Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway Company. This sale was agreed to at special meeting of proprietors of Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway Company held on the 30th September 1846 and by proprietors of East Lancashire Railway Company on 2nd October 1846.
Under Lancashire and Yorkshire and East Lancashire Railways Amalgamation Act 13th August 1859, East Lancashire Railway Company was dissolved and vested in Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company.
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company was amalgamated with London and North Western Railway Company under latter title as from 1st January 1922 under London and North Western and Lancashire and Yorkshire railway companies' Amalgamation Scheme 1921 dated 20th December 1921, and London and North Western Railway Company was amalgamated into London Midland and Scottish Railway Company as from 1st January 1923 under North Western, Midland and West Scottish Group Amalgamation Scheme 1922 dated 30th December 1922.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12561/
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Liverpool, Ormskirk and Preston Railway Company
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