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Series
London and Brighton Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 386
What's it about?
RAIL 386
This series contains records of the London and Brighton Railway Company and comprises reports, deeds, records and letters relating to all aspects of the 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 386
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Title (The name of the record)
- London and Brighton Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
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1835-1871
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records of the London and Brighton Railway Company and comprises reports, deeds, records and letters relating to all aspects of the company.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Former file reference order
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See history of South Eastern, Brighton, Lewes and Newhaven Rly. Co. for earlier companies.
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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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LBR
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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)
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- London and Brighton Railway Company, 1837-1846
- London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Company, 1846-1923
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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166 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure
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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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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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Transferred to the Southern Railway Company in 1923, the British Transport Commission in 1948 and to the British Railways Board in 1963.
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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No future 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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The London and Brighton Railway Company was incorporated under an act of Parliament in 1837. In July 1846, under a further Act of Parliament, the London and Brighton and the London and Croydon railway companies were consolidated and united to form the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Company. The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Company became part of the Southern Railway Company under the Railways (Southern Group) Amalgamation Scheme in 1922.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12574/
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