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Series
Swansea and Neath Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 678
What's it about?
RAIL 678
Minutes of Board and Shareholder's meetings, financial records, and papers relating to the passage of the Bill through Parliament.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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RAIL 678
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Title (The name of the record)
- Swansea and Neath Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
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1861-1863
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes of Board and Shareholder's meetings, financial records, and papers relating to the passage of the Bill through Parliament.
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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)
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SWN.
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Swansea and Neath Railway Company, 1861-1863
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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25 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 by act of 6th August 1861 and amalgamated with Vale of Neath Railway Company as from 5th August 1863 under Vale of Neath Railway Act 13th July 1863. Vale of Neath Railway Company was amalgamated with Great Western Railway Company as from 1st February 1865 by Great Western Railway (Vale of Neath Amalgamation) Act 10th August 1866.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12866/
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Swansea and Neath Railway Company
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