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Southampton and Dorchester Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 644
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RAIL 644
Contacts and agreements, miscellaneous book and records of the Southampton and Dorchester Railway Company.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 644
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Title (The name of the record)
- Southampton and Dorchester Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1845-1848
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Description (What the record is about)
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Contacts and agreements, miscellaneous book and records of the Southampton and Dorchester 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)
- SOD
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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)
- Southampton and Dorchester Railway Company, 1845-1848
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 3 files and volumes
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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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Incorporated under Act 8 Vic, cap.93 (21st July 1845). Company was amalgamated with London and South Western Railway Company under act of 11 and 12 Vic, cap.89 (22nd July 1848). London and South Western Railway Company became part of Southern Railway Company under Railways (Southern Group) Amalgamation Scheme dated 22nd December 1922.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12832/
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