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Series
Trent Valley Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 699
What's it about?
RAIL 699
Miscellaneous records of the Trent Valley 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 699
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Title (The name of the record)
- Trent Valley Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1844-1848
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Description (What the record is about)
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Miscellaneous records of the Trent Valley 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)
- TRV
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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)
- Trent Valley Railway Company, 1845-1846
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 8 volume(s)
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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 Trent Valley Railway Act of 21st July 1845. Under this Act, London and Birmingham, Grand Junction, and Manchester and Birmingham railway companies were authorised to subscribe to Undertaking and power was also given to these companies to purchase or lease Undertaking.
At special meeting of London and Birmingham Railway Company on 9th March 1846, it was agreed by this company to purchase Trent Valley Railway Company and to hand over cheque for purchase money of £584,000 on 15th April 1846. London and Birmingham Railway was amalgamated with Grand Junction, and Manchester and Birmingham railway companies to form London and North Western Railway Company under London and North Western Railway Act of 16th July 1846. London and North Western Railway formed one of constituent companies of London Midland and Scottish Railway as from 1st January 1923.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12887/
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