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Manchester and Birmingham Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 454
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RAIL 454
Minutes and contract drawings of the Manchester and Birmingham 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 454
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Title (The name of the record)
- Manchester and Birmingham Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1834 - c1854
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes and contract drawings of the Manchester and Birmingham 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)
- MNB
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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)
- Manchester and Birmingham Railway Company, 1837-1846
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 25 files, rolls 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 their act of 30 June 1837, and amalgamated, by act of 16 July 1846, with London and Birmingham Railway and Grand Junction railway companies, to form London and North Western Railway Company. London and North Western Railway Company was vested in London Midland and Scottish Railway Company under North Western, Midland and West Scottish Group Amalgamation Scheme 1922, dated 30 December 1922.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12642/
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