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Series
Llanelly Railway and Dock Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 377
What's it about?
RAIL 377
Contains records of the Llanelly Railway and dock company comprising committee minutes, agreements and contracts and accountant's records.
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 377
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Title (The name of the record)
- Llanelly Railway and Dock Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1835-1940
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Description (What the record is about)
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Contains records of the Llanelly Railway and dock company comprising committee minutes, agreements and contracts and accountant's records.
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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)
- LLA
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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)
- Llanelly Railway and Dock Company, 1828-1889
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 127 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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British Railways Board
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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)
- 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 (dock portion) by act of 1828 and (railway) by act of 1835. On expiry of company's lease of Vale of Towy, Mar. 1868 a new lease of that line was granted to the Llanelly and London and North Western Railways jointly from 1 Apr 1868. By act of 1871, lines from Llandilo to Carmarthen, and Pontardulais to Swansea were made a separate undertaking entitled the Swansea and Carmathen Railway, to be worked by London and North Western Railway from 1 July 1871. Worked by Great Western Railway from 1 Jan. 1873, and finally absorbed by Great Western Railway by Great Western and Llanelly Railway and Dock companies' Amalgamation Act 24 June 1889.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12565/
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Llanelly Railway and Dock Company
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