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Series
West Durham Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 728
What's it about?
RAIL 728
Miscellaneous books and records and minutes of the West Durham 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 728
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Title (The name of the record)
- West Durham Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1837-1870
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Description (What the record is about)
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Miscellaneous books and records and minutes of the West Durham 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)
- WDU
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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 Durham Railway Company, 1839-1870
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 11 bundles 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 act of 1839 (2 and 3 Vic, cap.71) Undertaking was vested in North Eastern Railway Company as from 1st September 1870 under act of 4th July 1870. North Eastern Railway Company, Hull and Barnsley Railway Company, and Hull Joint Dock Committee were dissolved and united into one company by name North Eastern Railway Company as from 1st April 1922 by virtue of North Eastern and Hull and Barnsley railway companies Amalgamation Scheme 1922 dated 1st April 1922. This North Eastern Railway Company became part of London and North Eastern Railway Company as 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/C12916/
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