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Series
Northampton and Banbury Junction Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 538
What's it about?
RAIL 538
Miscellaneous records of the Northampton and Banbury Junction Railway Company.
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 538
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Title (The name of the record)
- Northampton and Banbury Junction Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1861-1911
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Description (What the record is about)
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Miscellaneous records of the Northampton and Banbury Junction 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)
- NBJ
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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)
- Northampton and Banbury Junction Railway Company, 1863-1910
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 2 files 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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Incorporated by act of 28th July 1863. Under Junction Act of 1866, name of Company was changed to "Midland Counties and South Wales Railway Company", but by act of 14th July 1870, original name of "Northampton and Banbury Junction Railway Company" was resumed.
By Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway (Various Powers) Act 1910, undertaking was sold as from 1st July 1910 to Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway Co. Latter company was vested in London Midland and Scottish Railway Company as from 1st January 1923 under London Midland and Scottish Railway Preliminary Absorption Scheme 1923 dated 3rd April 1923.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12726/
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Northampton and Banbury Junction Railway Company
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