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Series
Northern Counties Union Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 543
What's it about?
RAIL 543
Stock and share registers and minutes of the Northern Counties Union 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)
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RAIL 543
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Title (The name of the record)
- Northern Counties Union Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
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1845-1849
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Description (What the record is about)
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Stock and share registers and minutes of the Northern Counties Union 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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NCU
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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)
- Northern Counties Union Railway Company, 1846-1860
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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3 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 27th July 1846 (for lines from Thirsk to Clifton Junction, Bedale to Wath, and Bishop Auckland to Tebay), North Counties Union Railway Company, which included projects of the proposed York and Carlisle, and Yorkshire and Glasgow Union Railways, was authorised to build 127 miles of railway. Only two miles of railway was built and this was later sold to Leeds and Thirsk Railway for £6,000. Powers of company having lapsed, last meeting was held on 28th February 1860.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12731/
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