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Liverpool, St. Helens and South Lancashire Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 374
What's it about?
RAIL 374
This series consists of miscellaneous books and records, minutes and plans of the Liverpool, St. Helens and South Lancashire Railway Company (incorporated as St. Helens and Wigan Junction 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)
- RAIL 374
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Title (The name of the record)
- Liverpool, St. Helens and South Lancashire Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1885-1906
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of miscellaneous books and records, minutes and plans of the Liverpool, St. Helens and South Lancashire Railway Company (incorporated as St. Helens and Wigan Junction 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)
- LSL
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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)
- St Helens and Wigan Junction Railway Company, 1855-1906
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 9 rolls 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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Incorporated under Acts of 22nd July 1885 and 25th September 1886 as St. Helens and Wigan Junction Railway Company. Name altered under act of 26th July 1889 to Liverpool, St. Helens and South Lancashire Railway Company. Under Great Central Railway Act of 1905, undertaking was vested in and transferred to Great Central Railway Company from 1st January 1906. Great Central Railway Company was vested in London and North Eastern Railway Company from 1st January 1923 by virtue of North Eastern, Eastern and East Scottish Group Amalgamation Scheme 1922 dated 30th December 1922.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12562/
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