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Series
London, Worcester and South Staffordshire Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 438
What's it about?
RAIL 438
Minutes and miscellaneous books and registers of the London, Worcester and South Staffordshire 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 438
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Title (The name of the record)
- London, Worcester and South Staffordshire Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1844-1846
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes and miscellaneous books and registers of the London, Worcester and South Staffordshire 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)
- LWS
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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, Worcester and South Staffordshire Railway Company, 1844-1846
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 5 files, papers 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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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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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Originally projected in March 1844 as London and Worcester and Rugby and Oxford Railway Company and sponsored by London and Birmingham Railway Company. Name was changed to London, Worcester and South Staffordshire Railway Company per minute of Provisional Committee dated 4th February 1845. Bill did not pass through Parliament (see minutes 12.6.1843 and 6.8.1845) and distribution of remaining assets among scripholders was completed by October 1846.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12626/
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London, Worcester and South Staffordshire Railway Company
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