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Stokes Bay Railway and Pier Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 669
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RAIL 669
Minutes of the Stokes Bay Railway and Pier Company.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 669
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Title (The name of the record)
- Stokes Bay Railway and Pier Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1855-1875
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes of the Stokes Bay Railway and Pier 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)
- SIW
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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)
- Stokes Bay Railway and Pier Company, 1855-1874
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 3 volume(s)
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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 of 14th August 1855. Undertaking was leased to London & South Western Railway Company for 999 years in 1872, but was purchased by and became absolute property of London & South Western Railway Company as from 17th June 1875. Railway and pier were however sold to Admiralty on 3rd March 1922.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12857/
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