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Series
Manchester and Milford Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 456
What's it about?
RAIL 456
Miscellaneous records on the Manchester and Milford 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 456
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Title (The name of the record)
- Manchester and Milford Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1853-1911
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Description (What the record is about)
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Miscellaneous records on the Manchester and Milford 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)
- MAM
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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 Milford Railway Company, 1860-1911
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 521 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 their act of 23rd July 1860 and leased to Great Western Railway Company as from 1st July 1906 by Manchester and Milford Railway Leasing Act 29th May 1906. Company was vested in Great Western Railway Company as from 1st July 1911 by Manchester and Milford Railway Vesting Act 2nd June 1911.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12644/
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Manchester and Milford Railway Company
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