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Series
Wimbledon and Croydon Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 751
What's it about?
RAIL 751
Minutes of proprietors' and directors' meetings and other records of the Wimbledon and Croydon 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)
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RAIL 751
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Title (The name of the record)
- Wimbledon and Croydon Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
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1852-1867
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes of proprietors' and directors' meetings and other records of the Wimbledon and Croydon 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)
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WCR
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Wimbledon and Croydon Railway Company, 1853-1866
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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5 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 1980-2003 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)
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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 8th July 1853. By act of 21st July 1856, line was leased to London, Brighton & South Coast Railway Company and was transferred to that Company absolutely on 1st January 1866. London, Brighton & South Coast Railway Company became part of Southern Railway Company under Railways (Southern Group) Amalgamation Scheme 1922 dated 22nd December 1922.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12939/
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Wimbledon and Croydon Railway Company
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