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Series
Swansea Valley Railway Company: Records
Catalogue reference: RAIL 680
What's it about?
RAIL 680
Minutes of directors' meetings, draft agreement for sale of Swansea Vale Railway Company to the company and opinions on the shareholders' quorum and purchase.
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 680
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Title (The name of the record)
- Swansea Valley Railway Company: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
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1847-1853
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes of directors' meetings, draft agreement for sale of Swansea Vale Railway Company to the company and opinions on the shareholders' quorum and purchase.
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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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SWV
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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 Vale Railway Company, 1855-1864
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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47 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 1972-2003 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)
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No further 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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Incorporated under act of 2nd July 1847. Under section 70, the company was empowered to alter the levels, line etc. of "a certain existing Private Railway or Tramway known as the Swansea Vale Railway" and also "to purchase and take so much of the Swansea Vale Railway and lands as may be necessary". The gauge was to be 7 feet so as to allow the railway to be worked continuously with the South Wales Railway. Section 54 gave power to lease the railway to the South Wales Railway Company and the Great Western Railway Company or either of them, and section 55 conferred powers to sell the undertaking to these companies or either of them. The powers of this Act were allowed to lapse.
Bradshaw's Manual for 1854 refers to the Swansea Valley Railway Company as a purely nominal company, but the Swansea Vale Railway Company (q.v.) was formed in January 1850 to acquire the Swansea Valley Railway Company. The last recorded meeting of the Swansea Valley Railway Company is that of 21st January 1853.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12868/
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