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Port Talbot Company: Records

Catalogue reference: RAIL 573

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RAIL 573

Minutes of the Port Talbot Company.

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Reference

RAIL 573

Title
Port Talbot Company: Records
Date

1836-1876

Description

Minutes of the Port Talbot Company.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

PTC

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
Port Talbot Railway and Docks Company, 1894-1922
Physical description

3 volume(s)

Administrative / biographical background

Under Local and Personal Act 4th William IV, chap.xliii (1834), Aberavon Harbour Company was incorporated, and under Local and Personal Act 6th William IV, chap.xcviii (1836), name of Company was changed to Port Talbot Company. Under Port Talbot Railway and Docks Act 31st July 1894, Port Talbot Company was dissolved and reincorporated by name Port Talbot Railway and Docks Company. Port Talbot Railway and Docks Company was absorbed into Great Western Railway Company as from 1st January 1922 under Great Western Railway (Western Group) Preliminary Absorption Scheme (No.1) 9th May 1922.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12761/

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Port Talbot Company: Records