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Malmesbury Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 452
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RAIL 452
This series contains papers relating to the setting up of the company, directors' and shareholders' minutes, accountants' records and papers relating to the construction of the railway.
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 452
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Title (The name of the record)
- Malmesbury Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1870-1881
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains papers relating to the setting up of the company, directors' and shareholders' minutes, accountants' records and papers relating to the construction of the railway.
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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)
- MAL
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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)
- Malmesbury Railway Company, 1872-1880
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 166 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 Malmesbury Railway Act of 25th July 1872 and vested in Great Western Railway Company as from 1st July 1880 by Great Western Railway Act 6th August 1880.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12640/
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