Series
Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Committee
Catalogue reference: RAIL 11
Date: 1867-1899
This series documents the establishment of Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Committee. Records include committee minutes, line plans and agreements.
Series
West Cornwall Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 725
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RAIL 725
Documentation of the West Cornwall Railway Company.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 725
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Title (The name of the record)
- West Cornwall Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1833-1876
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Description (What the record is about)
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Documentation of the West Cornwall 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)
- WCO
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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)
- West Cornwall Railway Company, 1846-1876
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 17 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 under their act of 3rd August 1846. West Cornwall line was leased to Great Western; Bristol and Exeter; and South Devon railway companies as from 1st January 1865 by West Cornwall Railway Act of 8th July 1865. Bristol and Exeter Railway was amalgamated with Great Western Railway as from 1st January 1876 under Great Western and Bristol and Exeter Railways Amalgamation Act 27th June 1876, whereupon West Cornwall Railway Company became joint property of Great Western and South Devon railway companies, and upon amalgamation of South Devon Railway with Great Western Railway Company as from 1st August 1878 by Great Western and South Devon railway companies' Amalgamation Act of 22nd July 1878, West Cornwall Railway became absolute property of Great Western Railway Company.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12913/
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