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Series
Sirhowy Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 624
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RAIL 624
Sirhowy 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 624
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Title (The name of the record)
- Sirhowy Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1859-1876
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Description (What the record is about)
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Sirhowy 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)
- SIR
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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)
- Sirhowy Railway Company, 1802-1876
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 6 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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BRB (Residuary) Ltd
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No further accruals expected
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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 under Act passed in 42nd year of George III, chap.155 (Local and Personal) 1802 as Sirhowy Tramroad Company. Under Sirhowy Railway Act of 25th May 1860, name of Company was changed to Sirhowy Railway Company.
Under London & North Western Railway (Sirhowy Railway Vesting) Act of 13th July 1876, company was to be vested in London & North Western Railway Company as and from issue of certificates for debenture stock to be created in substitution for Rent Charge Stock referred to therein, and Sirhowy Railway Company was to be dissolved.
London & North Western Railway Company was vested in 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/C12812/
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