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Series
London and Greenwich Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 389
What's it about?
RAIL 389
This series consists of minutes and miscellaneous books and records of the London and Greenwich 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 389
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Title (The name of the record)
- London and Greenwich Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
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1831-1923
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of minutes and miscellaneous books and records of the London and Greenwich 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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LGR
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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 Greenwich Railway Company, 1833-1923
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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15 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 17 May 1833.
Under the powers of the Act of 21 July 1845, 8 & 9 Vic, cap.80, the London & Greenwich Railway Company was leased to the South Eastern Railway Company for 999 years from January 1845.
By virtue of the South Eastern Railway (Southern Group) Preliminary Absorption Scheme 1922, dated 6 February 1923, the London & Greenwich Railway Company was transferred to and absorbed by the Southern Railway Company from 1 June 1923 immediately after the Railways (Southern Group) Amalgamation Scheme 1922, dated 22 December 1922, came into operation and took effect.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12577/
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