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Rhondda Valley and Hirwain Junction Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 582
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RAIL 582
Minutes of the Rhondda Valley and Hirwain Junction Railway Company.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 582
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Title (The name of the record)
- Rhondda Valley and Hirwain Junction Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1879-1889
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes of the Rhondda Valley and Hirwain 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)
- RVH
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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)
- Rhondda Valley and Hirwain Junction Railway Company, 1867-1889
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 volume(s)
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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 under their Act 12th August 1867. Company was to be worked by Taff Vale Railway Company for 999 years by virtue of Rhondda Valley and Hirwain Junction Railway Act of 17th June 1878, but was amalgamated with that Company as from 1st July 1889 by Taff Vale Railway (Amalgamations and Capital) Act 26th August 1889. Taff Vale Railway Company was amalgamated with Great Western Railway Company as from 1st January 1922 under Great Western Railway (Western Group) Preliminary Amalgamation Scheme 1922 dated March 25th 1922.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12770/
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