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London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company: Deeds, Agreements, Contracts, Specifications,...
Catalogue reference: RAIL 420
What's it about?
RAIL 420
Plans and other records of construction projects (including diagrams of Euston Station), absorption and amalgamation of companies agreements, agreements for services by and for the 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 420
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Title (The name of the record)
- London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company: Deeds, Agreements, Contracts, Specifications, Estimates, Plans
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1896-1971
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Description (What the record is about)
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Plans and other records of construction projects (including diagrams of Euston Station), absorption and amalgamation of companies agreements, agreements for services by and for the 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)
- Former BTHR ReferneceLMS 3.
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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, Midland and Scottish Railway Company, 1921-1947
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 423 files, 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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From 1988 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)
- No further accruals expected
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12608/
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