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Southern Railway Company: Minutes and Reports
Catalogue reference: RAIL 645
What's it about?
RAIL 645
Minutes and reports of the Southern Railway Company, including Board, committee and conference minutes; General Manager's memoranda; and annual reports.
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 645
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Title (The name of the record)
- Southern Railway Company: Minutes and Reports
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1913-1961
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes and reports of the Southern Railway Company, including Board, committee and conference minutes; General Manager's memoranda; and annual reports.
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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)
- SOU 1
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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)
- Southern Railway Company, 1923-1947
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 123 papers and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 1979-2003 British Railways Board
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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)
- No future accruals expected
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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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Southern Railway was incorporated as from 1st January 1923 under Railways (Southern Group) Amalgamation Scheme 1922, dated 22nd December, 1922, and vested in British Transport Commission as from 1st January 1948 under Transport Act of 6th August 1947.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12833/
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