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Somerset Central Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 628
What's it about?
RAIL 628
Miscellaneous records of the Somerset Central 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 628
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Title (The name of the record)
- Somerset Central Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1851-1862
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Description (What the record is about)
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Miscellaneous records of the Somerset Central 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)
- SCR
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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 Central Railway Company, 1852-1875
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 11 rolls and volumes
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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 17 June 1852.
Under the Somerset & Dorset companies' Amalgamation Act of 7 August 1862 the Somerset Central Railway Company and the Dorset Central Railway Company were amalgamated to form the Somerset & Dorset Railway Company.
By virtue of 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 and the Midland railway companies from 1 November 1875. Under Section 25 of the Act each of these two companies was to appoint 3 Directors, such 6 persons to form the joint committee "of entire equality" for giving effect to the scheduled agreement to the Act.
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/C12816/
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