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Series
South Devon and Tavistock Railway Company: Records
Catalogue reference: RAIL 629
What's it about?
RAIL 629
Minutes and agreements of the South Devon and Tavistock 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 629
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Title (The name of the record)
- South Devon and Tavistock Railway Company: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1852-1865
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes and agreements of the South Devon and Tavistock 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)
- SDT
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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)
- South Devon and Tavistock Railway Company, 1854-1865
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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
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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)
- Series is accruing
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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 24 July 1854, and amalgamated with South Devon Railway Company as from 1 July 1865 by South Devon Railway Act 5 July 1865. South Devon Railway Company was amalgamated with Great Western Railway Company as from 1 August 1878 by Great Western and South Devon railway companies' Amalgamation Act 22 July 1878.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12817/
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South Devon and Tavistock Railway Company: Records
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