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Midland and North Eastern Railway companies' Committee (Swinton and Knottingley Railway)
Catalogue reference: RAIL 488
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RAIL 488
Miscellaneous records of the Midland and North Eastern railway companies' Committee (Swinton and Knottingley Railway).
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 488
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Title (The name of the record)
- Midland and North Eastern Railway companies' Committee (Swinton and Knottingley Railway)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1874-1929
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Description (What the record is about)
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Miscellaneous records of the Midland and North Eastern railway companies' Committee (Swinton and Knottingley Railway).
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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)
- MNE
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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)
- Midland and North Eastern Railway Company, 1874-1874
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 22 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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The Joint Committee was incorporated under the Midland & North Eastern Railways Act of 1874 by which the Midland and the North Eastern railway companies were authorised to make the Swinton & Knottingley Railway, which railway was to be managed by such Joint Committee.
The Midland Railway Company became part of the London Midland & Scottish Railway Company as from 1st January 1923 under the North Western, Midland & West Scottish Group Amalgamation Scheme 1922 dated 30th December 1922, and the North Eastern Railway Company was dissolved and a new North Eastern Company incorporated as from 1st April 1922 under the North Eastern and Hull & Barnsley railway companies' Amalgamation Scheme 1922 dated 1st April 1922. The new North Eastern Railway Company became part of the London & North Eastern Railway Company as from 1st January 1923 under the North Eastern, Eastern and East Scottish Group Amalgamation Scheme 1922 dated 30th December 1922.
The Midland & North Eastern railway companies' Committee was vested in the British Transport Commission as from 1st January 1948 under the Transport Act 1947.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12676/
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Midland and North Eastern Railway companies' Committee (Swinton and Knottingley Railway)
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