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Mold Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 496
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RAIL 496
Minutes of the Mold Railway Company.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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RAIL 496
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Title (The name of the record)
- Mold Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
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1847-1853
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes of the Mold 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)
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MOL
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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)
- Mold Railway Company, 1847-1849
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1 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 9th July 1847, Section 46 of which gave power to lease railway to Chester and Holyhead Railway Company. Section 47 gave power to Chester and Holyhead Railway Company to purchase Mold Railway Company, such purchase being sanctioned by meeting of Chester and Holyhead Railway Company held on 30th March 1849. By agreement made in 1855, which took effect as from 1st July 1856, London and North Western Railway Company undertook to work Chester and Holyhead Railway Company.
By act of 23rd July 1858, Chester and Holyhead Railway Company was authorised to be leased to or amalgamated with London and North Western Railway Company and though vested in latter Company by an agreement made under this Act continued as undertaking with power to raise capital and issue stock. See London and North Western Railway Company's (Capital) Act 30th June 1862. Chester and Holyhead Railway Company was not legally dissolved until this was effected by London and North Western Railway (Additional Powers) Acts 21st July 1879. See Section 40 and preamble to the Act.
London and North Western Railway Company became part of London Midland and Scottish Railway Company under North Western, Midland and West Scottish Group Amalgamation Scheme 1922 dated 30th December 1922.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12684/
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