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Series
Seaton and Beer Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 601
What's it about?
RAIL 601
Minutes of the Seaton and Beer 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 601
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Title (The name of the record)
- Seaton and Beer Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1863-1888
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes of the Seaton and Beer 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)
- SEA
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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)
- Seaton and Beer Railway Company, 1863-1888
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 2 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
- Food and drink
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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 13th July 1863. Under powers contained in London & South Western Railway Act of 1880, and by agreement approved in August 1879, Seaton & Beer Railway Company was transferred to London & South Western Railway Company as from 1st January 1888. London & South Western Railway Company became part 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/C12789/
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