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Series
Shrewsbury Joint Station Committee
Catalogue reference: RAIL 619
What's it about?
RAIL 619
Miscellaneous books and records of the Shrewsbury Joint Station Committee
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 619
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Title (The name of the record)
- Shrewsbury Joint Station Committee
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1847-1867
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Description (What the record is about)
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Miscellaneous books and records of the Shrewsbury Joint Station Committee
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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)
- SSN
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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)
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- Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Company, 1846-1854
- Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Company, 1846-1854
- Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway Company, 1846-1870
- Shropshire Union Railway Company, 1846-1923
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 8 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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This committee was constituted by representatives of Shrewsbury and Birmingham; Shropshire Union; Shrewsbury and Hereford; and Shrewsbury and Chester Railways, and held its first meeting on 16th April 1847 to carry out building of proposed Shrewbury Station. Committee was formed as result of Resolution of Shrewsbury and Birmingham and Shropshire Union Railways Joint Committee passed at meeting held 22nd February 1847.
Functions of this committee were taken over by London and North Western and Great Western Railways Joint Committee by virtue of Resolution of this latter Committee dated 4th October 1867. London and North Western and Great Western Railways Joint Committee became London Midland and Scottish and Great Western Railways Joint Committee as from 1st January 1923 and ceased on nationalisation of railways 1st January 1948 under Transport Act 1947.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12807/
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