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Series
Sheffield and Rotherham Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 609
What's it about?
RAIL 609
Miscellaneous records of the Sheffield and Rotherham 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 609
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Title (The name of the record)
- Sheffield and Rotherham Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1835-1845
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Description (What the record is about)
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Miscellaneous records of the Sheffield and Rotherham 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)
- SRM
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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)
- Sheffield and Rotherham Railway Company, 1836-1845
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 11 rolls and volumes
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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 4th July 1836. Company was incorporated with and absolutely vested in Midland Railway Company under act of 21st July 1845. Midland Railway Company was amalgamated into London Midland & Scottish Railway Company 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/C12797/
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Sheffield and Rotherham Railway Company
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