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Salisbury and Yeovil Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 595
What's it about?
RAIL 595
Minutes fof the Salisbury and Yeovil Railway Company.
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 595
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Title (The name of the record)
- Salisbury and Yeovil Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1854-1878
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes fof the Salisbury and Yeovil 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)
- SYR
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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)
- Salisbury and Yeovil Railway Company, 1854-1878
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 6 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 7th August 1854.
Under London & South Western Railway Company's Act of 4th July 1878, their act of 1858 was made applicable to sale or transfer of Salisbury & Yeovil Railway Company to them under powers conferred by their Acts of 1865 and 1876. Purchase was completed in August 1878. London & South Western Railway Company became part of Southern Railway Company as from 1st January 1923 under Railways (Southern Group) Amalgamation Scheme 1922 dated 22nd December 1922.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12783/
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