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Maldon, Witham and Braintree Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 451
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RAIL 451
Miscellaneous books and records and minutes of the Maldon, Witham and Braintree Railway Company.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 451
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Title (The name of the record)
- Maldon, Witham and Braintree Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1845-1850
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Description (What the record is about)
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Miscellaneous books and records and minutes of the Maldon, Witham and Braintree 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)
- MWB
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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)
- Maldon, Witham and Braintree Railway Company, 1846-1847
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 13 files and volumes
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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 under act of 1846, 9 and 10 Vic, cap.52. By Act 10 and 11 Vic, cap.92 (1847), undertaking was purchased by Eastern Counties Railway Company. Under act of 7th August 1862, Eastern Counties Railway Company was amalgamated with East Anglian; Norfolk; Eastern Union; and East Suffolk railway companies, with their subsidiary undertakings, to form Great Eastern Railway Company. Great Eastern Railway Company became part of London and North Eastern Railway Company from 1st January 1923 under North Eastern, Eastern and East Scottish Group Amalgamation Scheme 1922 dated 30th December 1922.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12639/
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