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Series
West London Extension Railway Company: Records
Catalogue reference: RAIL 732
What's it about?
RAIL 732
Minutes, reports and other records of the West London Extension 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 732
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Title (The name of the record)
- West London Extension Railway Company: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1859-1947
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes, reports and other records of the West London Extension 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)
- WLER
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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 London Extension Railway Company, 1859-1947
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 69 rolls and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 1972-2003 British Railways Board
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is not accruing
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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 13th August 1859. West London Railway Company was vested in West London Extension Railway Company West London Extension Railway Company passed to British Transport Commission under Transport Act 1947.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12920/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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West London Extension Railway Company: Records
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