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Series
South Leicestershire Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 636
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RAIL 636
Plans of the South Leicestershire 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 636
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Title (The name of the record)
- South Leicestershire Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1861-1863
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Description (What the record is about)
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Plans of the South Leicestershire 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)
- SLE
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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 Leicestershire Railway Company, 1860-1867
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 2 roll(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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Originally incorporated as Nuneaton and Hinckley Railway by act of 18 August 1850, for single line of railway, 4½ miles in length.
By act of 14 June 1860, company was authorised to change its name to South Leicestershire Railway, extending its line from Hinckley to Wigston Magna, Midland Railway. Company was later vested in London and North Western Railway (by virtue of 30-31 Vic cap.244). Latter became part of London, Midland and Scottish Group Amalgamation Scheme 1922, dated 30 December 1922.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12824/
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