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Rumney Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 590
What's it about?
RAIL 590
Minutes of the Rumney Railway Company.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 590
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Title (The name of the record)
- Rumney Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1852-1863
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes of the Rumney 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)
- RUM
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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)
- Rumney Railway Company, 1825-1863
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 3 volume(s)
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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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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 20 May 1825 which authorised 'Railway or Tramway'. Locomotive engines were first employed on line between 1840 and 1845.
The Company was re-incorporated under Rumney Railway Act of 1 August 1861 and transferred to and vested in Brecon & Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway Company under Rumney & Brecon and Merthyr Railways Act of 28 July 1863.
Brecon & Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway Company was absorbed into Great Western Railway Company as from 1 July 1922 under Great Western Railway (Western Group) Preliminary Absorption Scheme (No 2) of 24 July 1922.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12778/
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