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Series
Waveney Valley Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 715
What's it about?
RAIL 715
Minutes of the Waveney 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 715
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Title (The name of the record)
- Waveney Valley Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1855-1857
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes of the Waveney 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)
- WVY
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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)
- Waveney Valley Railway Company, 1851-1863
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 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 3rd July 1851. Company passed into Great Eastern Railway Company created under act of 7th August 1862, Reports and Accounts of 19th February 1863 reporting that, "it is anticipated that this line will be opened for traffic between Bungay and Beccles early next month when it will under Amalgamation Act form part of amalgamated system". Great Eastern Railway Company became part of London and North Eastern Railway Company from 1st January 1923 under North Eastern, Eastern and East Scottish Group Amalgamation Scheme 1922 dated 30th December 1922.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12903/
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