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Whitby, Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 743
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RAIL 743
Miscellaneous records of the Whitby, Redcar and Middlesbrough Union 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 743
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Title (The name of the record)
- Whitby, Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1866-1889
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Description (What the record is about)
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Miscellaneous records of the Whitby, Redcar and Middlesbrough Union 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)
- WRM
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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)
- Whitby, Redcar and Middlesborough Union Railway Company, 1866-1889
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 21 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 under act of 16th July 1866 (29 & 30 Vic, cap.195). Line was leased to North Eastern Railway Company in perpetuity under act of 19th July 1875. Undertaking was vested in North Eastern Railway Company under that company's Act of 5th July 1889.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12931/
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Whitby, Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway Company
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