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Series
South Wales Mineral Railway Company: Records
Catalogue reference: RAIL 639
What's it about?
RAIL 639
Minutes, agreements and correspondence of the South Wales Mineral 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 639
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Title (The name of the record)
- South Wales Mineral Railway Company: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1875-1939
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes, agreements and correspondence of the South Wales Mineral 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)
- SWM
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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 Wales Mineral Railway Company, 1853-1923
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 36 files and volumes
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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 10th August 1853 and absorbed into Great Western Railway Company as from 1st January 1923 under Great Western Railway (Western Group) Preliminary Absorption Scheme (No.3) 1922 dated 19th January 1923.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12827/
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South Wales Mineral Railway Company: Records
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