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Series
London and Croydon Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 388
What's it about?
RAIL 388
This series consists of miscellaneous records of the London and Croydon 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 388
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Title (The name of the record)
- London and Croydon Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
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1834-1846
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of miscellaneous records of the London and Croydon 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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LCR
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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)
- London and Croydon Railway Company, 1835-1846
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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14 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 12 June 1835:
Under act of 27 July 1846 the London & Brighton and the London & Croydon railway companies were consolidated and united to form the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway Company.
The London, Brighton & South Coast Railway Company became part of the Southern Railway Company under the Railways (Southern Group) Amalgamation Scheme 1922 dated 22 December 1922.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12576/
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London and Croydon Railway Company
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