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Rugby and Leamington Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 589
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RAIL 589
Minutes of the Rugby and Leamington Railway Company.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 589
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Title (The name of the record)
- Rugby and Leamington Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1845-1846
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes of the Rugby and Leamington 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)
- RUL
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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)
- Rugby and Leamington Railway Company, 1846-1846
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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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Minutes record meetings of Provisional Committee of Rugby, Leamington & Warwick Railway Company from 8th September 1845, and Company was incorporated as Rugby & Leamington Railway Company under act of 13th August 1846.
Under Section 38 of act, on completion of works, company were to grant to London & Birmingham Railway Company lease of railway in perpetuity and, under Section 44, authority was given to sell undertaking to London & Birmingham Railway Company; Minute of 17th October 1846 records copy of conveyance which was authorised to be duly sealed by Minute of 17th November 1846.
London & Birmingham Railway Company, Grand Junction Railway Company and Manchester & Birmingham Railway Company were consolidated to form London and North Western Railway Company which subsequently became vested in London Midland & Scottish Railway Company as from 1st January 1923 under North Western, Midland and West Scottish Group Amalgamation Scheme 1922 dated 30th December 1922.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12777/
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