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Series
Mid Kent (Bromley to St. Mary Cray) Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 478
What's it about?
RAIL 478
Miscellaneous books and registers and minutes of the Mid Kent (Bromley to St. Mary Cray) 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 478
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Title (The name of the record)
- Mid Kent (Bromley to St. Mary Cray) Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1855-1923
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Description (What the record is about)
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Miscellaneous books and registers and minutes of the Mid Kent (Bromley to St. Mary Cray) 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)
- MKR
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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)
- Mid Kent (Bromley to St Mary Cray) Railway Company, 1856-1923
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 12 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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BRB (Residuary) Ltd
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No further accruals expected
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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 21st July 1856 and leased to London, Chatham & Dover Railway Company for 999 years from 1st September 1863 under act of 7th August 1862. Under South Eastern Railway (Southern Group) Preliminary Absorption Scheme 1922 dated 6th February 1923 Mid Kent (Bromley to St. Mary Cray) Railway Company was transferred to and absorbed by Southern Railway Company as from 1st January 1923 immediately after Railways (Southern Group) Amalgamation Scheme 1922, dated 22nd December 1922, came into operation and took effect.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12666/
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Mid Kent (Bromley to St. Mary Cray) Railway Company
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