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West London Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 733
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RAIL 733
Miscellaneous records of the West London Railway Company.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 733
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Title (The name of the record)
- West London Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1836-1946
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Description (What the record is about)
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Miscellaneous records of the West London 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)
- WLR
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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 Railway Company, 1840-1948
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 38 files, 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 under act of 21st June 1836 as Birmingham, Bristol and Thames Junction Railway Company. Name was changed to West London Railway Company under act of 23rd July 1840. Company became vested in Great Western and London and North Western railway companies jointly under West London Railway Act of 21st July 1854, but proprietors met until March 1869 and Board of Directors until January 1870. West London Railway Company, which was never legally dissolved, passed to British Transport Commission under Transport Act, 1947.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12921/
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