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London and Southampton Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 412
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RAIL 412
London and Southampton 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)
- RAIL 412
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Title (The name of the record)
- London and Southampton Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1830-1845
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Description (What the record is about)
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London and Southampton 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)
- LSO
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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)
- London and Southampton Railway Company, 1834-1839
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 12 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 25th July 1834.
Under act of 4th June 1839 the name of the company was changed to the London and South Western Railway Company. This latter Company was amalgamated with the Southern Railway Company under the Railways (Southern Group) Amalgamation Scheme dated 22nd December 1922. The Southern Railway Company passed to the British Transport Commission under the Transport Act 1947.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12600/
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London and Southampton Railway Company
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