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Series
London, Chatham and Dover Railway Company, formerly the East Kent Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 415
What's it about?
RAIL 415
This series consists of minutes, deeds, agreements, contracts, specifications, estimates, plans of the East Kent Railway Company. Electronic images of selected pieces of these records can be searched online through our partner website. (Please...
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 415
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Title (The name of the record)
- London, Chatham and Dover Railway Company, formerly the East Kent Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1852-1923
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of minutes, deeds, agreements, contracts, specifications, estimates, plans of the East Kent Railway Company.
Electronic images of selected pieces of these records can be searched online through our partner website. (Please Note: Pieces 104, 108-111, 173 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)
- LCD
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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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- East Kent Railway Company, 1853-1859
- London, Chatham and Dover Railway Company, 1859-1922
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 285 rolls and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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BRB (Residuary) Ltd
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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)
- No further accruals expected
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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 as the East Kent Railway Company under Act of 4 August 1853. The name was altered to London, Chatham and Dover Railway Company under Act of 1 August 1859.
Under the South Eastern and London Chatham and Dover Railway Companies' Act of 1 August 1899 the South Eastern and the London Chatham and Dover railway companies were authorised to be used, worked, managed, maintained and improved as one undertaking and a Management Committee was incorporated for the purpose under the name of 'The South Eastern and Chatham railway companies' Managing Committee'.
By virtue of the Railways (Southern Group) Amalgamation Scheme 1922 dated 22 December 1922 the South Eastern and the London Chatham and Dover railway companies together with the South Eastern and Chatham railway companies' Managing Committee, and the London and South Western and London Brighton and South Coast railway companies were amalgamated to form the Southern Railway Company.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12603/
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