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Series
Ross and Monmouth Railway Company: Records
Catalogue reference: RAIL 587
What's it about?
RAIL 587
This series documents the establishment and administration of the Ross and Monmouth Railway Company. Records mainly consist of minutes of shareholders' and directors' meetings, and agreements regarding the construction and working of the railway.
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 587
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ross and Monmouth Railway Company: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1860-1922
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series documents the establishment and administration of the Ross and Monmouth Railway Company.
Records mainly consist of minutes of shareholders' and directors' meetings, and agreements regarding the construction and working of the railway.
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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)
- RSM
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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)
- Ross and Monmouth Railway Company, 1865-1922
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 8 files, papers and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 1980-2003 British Railways Board
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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)
- Series is not accruing
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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 5th July 1865 and absorbed into Great Western Railway Company as from 1st July 1922 under Great Western Railway (Western Group) Preliminary Absorbtion Scheme (No 2) of 24th July 1922.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12775/
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Ross and Monmouth Railway Company: Records
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