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Oldbury Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 550
What's it about?
RAIL 550
Minutes of the Oldbury 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 550
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Title (The name of the record)
- Oldbury Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1883-1894
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes of the Oldbury 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)
- OLD
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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)
- Oldbury Railway Company, 1881-1894
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 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 as Dudley and Oldbury Junction Railway under Dudley and Oldbury Junction Railway Act 21st July 1873, name being changed to Oldbury Railway Company under Oldbury Railway Act 11th August 1881. Company was amalgamated with Great Western Railway Company as from 1st July 1894 by Great Western Railway (No.1) Act 31st July 1894.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12738/
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