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Series
Midland Railway Company: Records
Catalogue reference: RAIL 491
What's it about?
RAIL 491
The series contains the minutes of the court of proprietors, the board of directors and various committees; accountant's and engineer's records; contracts, specifications and plans; locomotive and rolling stock records; stock and share registers;...
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 491
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Title (The name of the record)
- Midland Railway Company: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
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1832-1952
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Description (What the record is about)
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The series contains the minutes of the court of proprietors, the board of directors and various committees; accountant's and engineer's records; contracts, specifications and plans; locomotive and rolling stock records; stock and share registers; staff records; architectural drawings relating to St Pancras station and hotel by George Gilbert Scott.
Electronic images of selected pieces of these records can be searched online through our partner website. (Please Note: Pieces 969-1016, 1021-1043, 1058-1063, 1068-1076, 1078, 1080 only have been digitised)
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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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MID
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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)
- Midland Railway Company, 1844-1923
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1265 bundles, rolls and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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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
- Maps and plans
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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No further accruals are 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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The Midland Railway Company was incorporated by the amalgamation of the North Midland, Midland Counties, and Birmingham and Derby Railways companies under Act of 10 May 1844. The company was vested in the London Midland and Scottish Railway Company as from 1 January 1923.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12679/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: RAIL
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Midland Railway Company: Records
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