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Series
Manchester South Union Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 466
What's it about?
RAIL 466
This series consists of plans of the Manchester South Union 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)
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RAIL 466
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Title (The name of the record)
- Manchester South Union Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
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1836
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of plans of the Manchester South Union 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)
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MSU
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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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)
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1 roll(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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Although this company was promoted in 1836, scheme was rejected by Parliament in that year as was also scheme for Manchester & Cheshire Junction Railway Company. These two companies then joined forces and promoted Manchester & Birmingham Railway Company which was incorporated under act of 30th June 1837. This company was amalgamated with Grand Junction and London & Birmingham railway companies under act of 16th July 1846 to form London & North Western Railway Company. This latter Company was vested in London Midland and Scottish Railway Company as from 1st January 1923 under North Western, Midland and West Scottish Group Amalgamation Scheme 1922 dated 30th December 1922.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12654/
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