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Macclesfield, Bollington and Marple Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 448
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RAIL 448
Miscellaneous reocrds of the Macclesfield Bollington and Marple 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 448
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Title (The name of the record)
- Macclesfield, Bollington and Marple Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1864-1938
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Description (What the record is about)
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Miscellaneous reocrds of the Macclesfield Bollington and Marple 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)
- MBM
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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)
- Macclesfield Bollington and Marple Railway Company, 1864-1874
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 28 volume(s)
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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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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Incorporated by act of 14th July 1864. By Macclesfield, Bollington and Marple Committee Act of 25th May 1871, company was dissolved and vested in North Stafford and Great Central Railways Committee, four members to be appointed by each Company, name of Railway henceforward to be known as "Macclesfield Committee". Under Great Central Railway Act of 26th July 1907 however name was changed to "Great Central and North Staffordshire Railway Committee". Under 3rd Schedule to Transport Act 1947 this committee passed into British Transport Commission
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12636/
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