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Norfolk Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 519
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RAIL 519
Minutes of the Norfolk Railway Company.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 519
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Title (The name of the record)
- Norfolk Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1845-1865
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes of the Norfolk 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)
- NRL
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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)
- Norfolk Railway Company, 1845-1862
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 6 volume(s)
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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 in 1845 under Act 8 & 9 Vic, cap.41 by an amalgamation of the Yarmouth & Norwich Railway Company, which had been incorporated on 18th June 1842 under Act 5 & 6 Vic, cap.82, and the Norwich & Brandon Railway Company, which had been incorporated in 1844 under Act 7 & 8 Vic, cap.15.
Under act of 7th August 1862 the Norfolk Railway Company was amalgamated with the East Anglian; Eastern Counties; Eastern Union; and East Suffolk railway companies, with their subsidiary undertakings, to form the Great Eastern Railway Company.
The Great Eastern Railway Company became part of the London & North Eastern Railway Company from 1st January 1923 under the North Eastern, Eastern and East Scottish Group Amalgamation Scheme 1922 dated 30th December 1922.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12707/
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