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Series
West Somerset Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 737
What's it about?
RAIL 737
Contains minutes of directors' and shareholders' meetings and records about the lease of the railway to the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company, funds in Chancery, land purchases, and Watchet Harbour.
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 737
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Title (The name of the record)
- West Somerset Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1857-1922
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Description (What the record is about)
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Contains minutes of directors' and shareholders' meetings and records about the lease of the railway to the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company, funds in Chancery, land purchases, and Watchet Harbour.
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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)
- WSM
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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 Somerset Railway Company, 1857-1922
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 34 files 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 17th August 1857. Line was worked and leased by Bristol and Exeter Railway Company. Subsequently it was worked and leased by Great Western Railway Company under Bristol and Exeter Railway Act of 8th June 1863. Company was absorbed into Great Western Railway Company as from 1st July 1922 under Great Western Railway (Western Group) Preliminary Absorption Scheme (No.2) 24th July 1922.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12925/
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