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Series
Swindon, Marlborough and Andover Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 683
What's it about?
RAIL 683
Minutes of the Swindon, Marlborough and Andover Railway 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 683
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Title (The name of the record)
- Swindon, Marlborough and Andover Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1872-1884
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes of the Swindon, Marlborough and Andover Railway 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)
- SMA
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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)
- Swindon, Marlborough and Andover Railway Company, 1873-1884
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 6 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 by act of 21st July 1873 and amalgamated with Swindon & Cheltenham Extension Railway Company under Swindon Marlborough & Andover and Swindon & Cheltenham Extension railway companies' (Amalgamation) Act of 23rd June 1884, to form Midland and South Western Junction Railway Company. This latter Company was absorbed into Great Western Railway Company as from 1st July 1923 under Great Western Railway (Midland and South Western Junction Railway) Absorption Scheme dated 28th September 1923.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12871/
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