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Series
Mid Wales Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 482
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RAIL 482
Miscellaneous records of the Mid Wales 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 482
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Title (The name of the record)
- Mid Wales Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1859-1905
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Description (What the record is about)
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Miscellaneous records of the Mid Wales 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)
- MW
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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 Wales Railway Company, 1859-1904
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 18 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 by Mid Wales Railway Act of 1st August 1859.
The line was worked by the Cambrian Railway from 2nd April 1888 under agreements dated 29th February 1888 and 24th February 1897.
The company was amalgamated with Cambrian Railways Company as from 1st July 1904 by Cambrian Railways (Mid-Wales Railway Amalgamation etc) Act, 24th June 1904.
The Cambrian Railway was amalgamated with the Great Western Railway Company as from 1st January 1923 by virtue of the Railways Act 19th August 1921.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12670/
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