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North Devon Railway and Dock Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 524
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RAIL 524
Miscellaneous records of the North Devon Railway and Dock Company.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 524
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Title (The name of the record)
- North Devon Railway and Dock 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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Miscellaneous records of the North Devon Railway and Dock 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)
- NDD
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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)
- North Devon Railway and Dock Company, 1838-1865
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 7 files and volumes
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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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Originally incorporated as Taw Vale Railway & Dock Company under act of 11th June 1838. The company was revived 21st July 1845 under the Taw Vale Amendment Act (8 & 9 Vic, cap.107).
The name of the company was changed from August 1851 to the North Devon Railway & Dock Company Act (14 & 15 Vic, cap.83) of 24th July 1851, and was leased to the London & South Western Railway Company for 1,000 years as from 1st January 1863.
The North Devon Railway & Dock Company was amalgamated with the London & South Western Railway Company as from 1st January 1865 under the London & South Western Railway Act of 1864.
The London & South Western Railway Company became part of the Southern Railway Company as from 1st January 1923 under the Railways (Southern Group) Amalgamation Scheme 1922 dated 22nd December 1922.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12712/
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