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London and North Western, and Rhymney Railway companies Joint Line Committee
Catalogue reference: RAIL 407
What's it about?
RAIL 407
minutes of the London and North Western, and Rhymney railway companies Joint Line Committee.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 407
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Title (The name of the record)
- London and North Western, and Rhymney Railway companies Joint Line Committee
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1868-1878
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Description (What the record is about)
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minutes of the London and North Western, and Rhymney railway companies Joint Line Committee.
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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)
- LNRY
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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)
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- London and North Western Railway Company, 1846-1923
- Rhymney Railway Company, 1854-1922
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 4 rolls and volumes
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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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This committee was established under Section 43 of London and North Western Railway Act of 15th July 1867 to manage a part of Rhymney Railway Company line.
Rhymney Railway Company was amalgamated with Great Western Railway Company as from 1st January 1922 under Great Western Railway (Western Group) Preliminary Amalgamation Scheme 25th March 1922, and London and North Western and Rhymney Railways Joint Committee became London and North Western and Great Western Railways Joint Committee, subsequently becoming London Midland and Scottish and Great Western Railways Joint Committee London and North Western and Rhymney Section as from 1st January 1923. This committee ceased on nationalisation of railways 1st January 1948 under Transport Act 1947.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12595/
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