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Staines, Wokingham and Woking Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 660
What's it about?
RAIL 660
Minutes of directors' and proprietors' meetings, share and accountant's records, and papers relating to legislation concerning the 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 660
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Title (The name of the record)
- Staines, Wokingham and Woking Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1852-1879
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes of directors' and proprietors' meetings, share and accountant's records, and papers relating to legislation concerning the 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)
- SWW.
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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)
- Staines, Wokingham and Woking Railway Company, 1853-1878
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 36 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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Provisional Minutes state company was termed Staines, Wokingham and Woking Junction Railway, but it was incorporated under act of 8th July 1853 as Staines, Wokingham and Woking Railway Company. Company was authorised to lease line to London and South Western Railway Company under act of 28th June 1858. This lease was granted to London and South Western Railway Company for 42 years from 25th March 1858, but provisional arrangement was made for this lease to be cancelled from 1st July 1877 and new lease to be granted to endure until completion of purchase of undertaking by London and South Western Railway Company. Under London and South Western Railway Act of 4th July 1878, amalgamation of Staines Wokingham and Woking Railway Company and London and South Western Railway Company was authorised.
London and South Western Railway Company became part of Southern Railway Company as from 1st January 1923 under Railways (Southern Group) Amalgamation Scheme 1922 dated 22nd December 1922.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12848/
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