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Wellington and Drayton Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 719
What's it about?
RAIL 719
Miscellaneous records of the Wellington and Drayton 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 719
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Title (The name of the record)
- Wellington and Drayton Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1863-1877
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Description (What the record is about)
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Miscellaneous records of the Wellington and Drayton 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)
- WDR
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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)
- Wellington and Drayton Railway Company, 1862-1869
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 8 files and volumes
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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 7th August 1862 and amalgamated with Great Western Railway Company under Great Western Railway (Further Powers) Act 30th July 1866 (Section 74) and Great Western Railway Act of 12th July 1869 (Section 40), agreement for amalgamation being sealed on 30th August 1877.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12907/
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