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Series
Vale of Neath Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 704
What's it about?
RAIL 704
Committee minutes and reports, accountant's records, contracts and agreements of the Vale of Neath 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 704
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Title (The name of the record)
- Vale of Neath Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1845-1904
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Description (What the record is about)
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Committee minutes and reports, accountant's records, contracts and agreements of the Vale of Neath Railway Company.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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)
- Vale of Neath Railway Company, 1846-1865
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 176 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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BRB (Residuary) Ltd
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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)
- No further accruals are 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 by Vale of Neath Railway Act 3rd August 1846. 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/C12892/
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