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West Yorkshire Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 739
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RAIL 739
Miscellaneous books and records of the West Yorkshire Railway Company.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 739
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Title (The name of the record)
- West Yorkshire Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1853-1865
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Description (What the record is about)
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Miscellaneous books and records of the West Yorkshire 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)
- WYR
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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 Yorkshire Railway Company, 1863-1865
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 2 volume(s)
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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 17 and 18 Vic, cap.140 (July 1854) as Bradford, Wakefield and Leeds Railway Company. By West Yorkshire Railway Act, 21st July 1863, name of company was changed to West Yorkshire Railway Company. West Yorkshire Railway Company was amalgamated with Great Northern Railway Company under act of 5th July 1865. Great Northern Railway Company became part of London and North Eastern Railway Company from 1st January 1923 under North Eastern, Eastern and East Scottish Group Amalgamation Scheme 1922 dated 30th December 1922.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12927/
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