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London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company: Miscellaneous Books and Records
Catalogue reference: RAIL 421
What's it about?
RAIL 421
These include London and Irish rate books, handbooks of statistics, correspondence on Wirral railway electrification, distance diagrams, war damage photographs and Broad Street Station wartime log books.
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 421
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Title (The name of the record)
- London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company: Miscellaneous Books and Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1881-1951
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Description (What the record is about)
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These include London and Irish rate books, handbooks of statistics, correspondence on Wirral railway electrification, distance diagrams, war damage photographs and Broad Street Station wartime log books.
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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)
- LMS 4
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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)
- 239 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is not accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12609/
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