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Somerset and Dorset Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 627
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RAIL 627
This series contains minutes of the meetings of the proprietors and the Board of Directors, deeds, agreements, contracts, specifications, estimates, plans, staff records and accountant's records, the report of the Court of Inquiry into the...
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 627
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Title (The name of the record)
- Somerset and Dorset Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1855-1928
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains minutes of the meetings of the proprietors and the Board of Directors, deeds, agreements, contracts, specifications, estimates, plans, staff records and accountant's records, the report of the Court of Inquiry into the Radstock collision, 1876, and material relating to agreements with other companies.
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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)
- SMD.
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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)
- Somerset and Dorset Railway Company, 1862-1875
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 28 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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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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By virtue of the Somerset & Dorset companies Amalgamation Act 7 August 1862, the Somerset Central Railway and the Dorset Central railway companies were amalgamated by the name of "The Somerset & Dorset Railway Company".
Under the Somerset & Dorset Railway Leasing Act 13 July 1876 the Somerset & Dorset Railway Company was vested by way of lease for 999 years in the South Western Railway Company and Midland Railway Company from 1 November 1875.
Under Section 25 of the Act each of the two latter companies was to appoint three Directors and such six persons were to form the Joint Committee "of entire equality" for giving effect to the Scheduled Agreement to the Act.
The South Western Railway Company became vested in the Southern Railway and the Midland Railway Company became vested in the London Midland & Scottish Railway Company as from 1 January 1923. Under the Southern Railway Act of 31 July 1923 the Somerset & Dorset Railway Company was dissolved, and was transferred to and vested in the Southern Railway and the London Midland & Scottish railway companies jointly in equal undivided moieties as from 1 July 1923.
The Joint Committee passed to the British Transport Commission under the Transport Act 1947.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12815/
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