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Series
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Company: Records
Catalogue reference: RAIL 414
What's it about?
RAIL 414
This series contains minutes and reports of meetings, including board and various committee meetings, deeds, agreements, contracts, specifications, estimates and plans, accountant's records, ledgers, stock and share registers, locomotive and...
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 414
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Title (The name of the record)
- London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Company: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
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1822-1945
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains minutes and reports of meetings, including board and various committee meetings, deeds, agreements, contracts, specifications, estimates and plans, accountant's records, ledgers, stock and share registers, locomotive and rolling stock records, instructions to staff, staff records and memorials, and material relating to the company's marine operations.
Electronic images of selected pieces of these records can be searched online through our partner website. (Please Note: Pieces 569, 572-573, 600-611, 625-628, 752, 756-757, 759-791 only have been digitised).
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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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LBS
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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, 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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1105 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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from 1980-2003 British Railways Board
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is not accruing.
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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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Under the Act 9 & 10 Vic, cap.283, 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.
Under the Railways (Southern Group) Amalgamation Scheme 1922 dated 22 December 1922, the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway Company was amalgamated into the Southern Railway Company.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12602/
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London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Company: Records
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