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Series
West Lancashire Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 731
What's it about?
RAIL 731
Miscellaneous records of the West Lancashire 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 731
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Title (The name of the record)
- West Lancashire Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1873-1897
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Description (What the record is about)
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Miscellaneous records of the West Lancashire 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)
- WLA
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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 Lancashire Railway Company, 1871-1897
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 12 rolls 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 14th August 1871. Under Section 62 of Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Act of 15th July 1897, West Lancashire Railway Company was vested in Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company as from 1st July 1897 without any deed or conveyance and was to cease to exist except for purpose of carrying out agreement as to sale set forth in 2nd Schedule to Act.
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company was amalgamated with London and North Western Railway Company under latter title as from 1st January 1922 under London and North Western and Lancashire and Yorkshire railway companies Amalgamation Scheme 1921 dated 20th December 1921, and London and North Western Railway Company was amalgamated into London Midland and Scottish Railway Company as from 1st January 1923 under North Western, Midland and West Scottish Group Amalgamation Scheme 1922 dated 30th December 1922.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12919/
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West Lancashire Railway Company
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