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Series
Southern Railway Company: Miscellaneous Books and Records
Catalogue reference: RAIL 648
What's it about?
RAIL 648
The records in this series include: Common Seal books, solicitors' records, share transfer registers of the Charing Cross Hotel Company, photographs of ships, records of enemy action in the 2nd World War including air raid log books and...
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 648
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Title (The name of the record)
- Southern Railway Company: Miscellaneous Books and Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1800-1973
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Description (What the record is about)
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The records in this series include: Common Seal books, solicitors' records, share transfer registers of the Charing Cross Hotel Company, photographs of ships, records of enemy action in the 2nd World War including air raid log books and historical gazetteers of stations.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The date span is generally 1923-1947, but the range is extended by individual items to 1800-1961.
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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 4
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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)
- 175 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 unless otherwise stated
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12836/
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Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: RAIL
Records of the pre-nationalisation railway companies, pre-nationalisation canal and...
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Southern Railway Company: Miscellaneous Books and Records
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