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Series
Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 558
What's it about?
RAIL 558
Deeds, agreements, contracts, specifications, estimates, plans and minutes of the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton 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 558
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Title (The name of the record)
- Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1837-1863
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Description (What the record is about)
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Deeds, agreements, contracts, specifications, estimates, plans and minutes of the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton 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)
- OWW
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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)
- Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway Company, 1845-1860
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1397 files, rolls and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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BRB (Residuary) Ltd
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No further accruals are expected
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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 4th August 1845. Newport Abergavenny and Hereford; and Worcester and Hereford Railways were amalgamated with Company under West Midland Railway Act of 14th June 1860 as from 1st July 1860 and name changed to West Midland Railway. This company was amalgamated with Great Western Railway Company as from the 1st August 1863 under Great Western Railway (West Midland Railway) Amalgamation Act of 13th July 1863.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12746/
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Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway Company
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