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Llanidloes and Newtown Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 379
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RAIL 379
This series consists of mniscellaneous records of the Llanidloes and Newtown Railway Company.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 379
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Title (The name of the record)
- Llanidloes and Newtown Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1852-1865
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of mniscellaneous records of the Llanidloes and Newtown 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)
- LLN
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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)
- Llanidloes and Newtown Railway Company, 1853-1864
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 11 rolls and volumes
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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 by Llanidloes and Newtown Railway Act 4th August 1853.
By Cambrian Railways Act, 25th July 1864, company together with (1) Oswestry and Newtown Railway, (2) Oswestry, Ellesmere and Whitchurch Railway, and (3) Newtown and Machynlleth Railway, was dissolved and constituted one undertaking by name of Cambrian Railways, which was amalgamated with Great Western Railway as from 1st January 1923 by virtue of Railways Act, 19th August 1921.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12567/
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