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West Midland Railway Company: Records
Catalogue reference: RAIL 734
What's it about?
RAIL 734
Records of the West Midland Railway Company, notably Board minutes, Parliamentary Bill papers, contracts, agreements and leases.
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 734
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Title (The name of the record)
- West Midland Railway Company: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1846-1863
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of the West Midland Railway Company, notably Board minutes, Parliamentary Bill papers, contracts, agreements and leases.
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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)
- WNR
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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 Midland Railway Company, 1860-1863
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 284 papers 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 1979-2003 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)
- No further accruals expected
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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 June 1860. Under this Act Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford, and Worcester and Hereford railway companies were absolutely merged and vested in Oxford Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway Company, united undertaking to be called West Midland Railway Company. Under Great Western Railway (West Midland Amalgamation) Act 13th July 1863, West Midland Railway Company was dissolved and vested in Great Western Railway Company.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12922/
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