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Marple, New Mills and Hayfield Junction Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 471
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RAIL 471
Minutes, plans and miscellaneous books and records of the Marple, New Mills and Hayfield Junction Railway Company.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 471
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Title (The name of the record)
- Marple, New Mills and Hayfield Junction Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1859-1865
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes, plans and miscellaneous books and records of the Marple, New Mills and Hayfield Junction 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)
- MHJ
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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)
- Marple, New Mills and Hayfield Junction Railway Company, 1860-1869
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 3 volume(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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Incorporated under act of 15th May 1860. Company was amalgamated with Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company under act of 5th July 1865. Midland Railway Company acquired joint interest in undertaking under act of 24th June 1869 and management passed to Joint Committee appointed thereunder. Under Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Act of 6th August 1872, this committee, Sheffield and Midland railway companies' Committee, was incorporated as a body corporate and its name changed to Great Central and Midland Joint Committee under act of 22nd July 1904. Great Central and Midland Joint Committee was vested in British Transport Commission under Transport Act of 1947.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12659/
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