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Series
South Midland Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 637
What's it about?
RAIL 637
Stock and share registers and minutes of the South Midland 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 637
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Title (The name of the record)
- South Midland Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1845-1847
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Description (What the record is about)
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Stock and share registers and minutes of the South Midland 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)
- SMR
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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 Midland Railway Company, 1845-1845
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 2 volume(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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Bill was promoted by South Midland Railway in 1845 but was rejected by House of Commons in 1846. Midland Railway Company purchased assets of South Midland Railway, together with those of Leicester and Bedford Railway, Midland Railway Company undertaking to promote Bill in 1847 for construction of line which would follow route of Leicester and Bedford Railway. Midland company obtained these powers but abandoned them on account of financial difficulties. Scheme was actually revived by Midland company in 1853, and line completed from Wigston to Hitchin in 1857.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12825/
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South Midland Railway Company
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