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Wimbledon and Dorking Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 752
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RAIL 752
This series contains minutes of the Directors' meetings, 1888-1889, Parliamentary papers relating to the Windsor and Ascot Bill, 1898, including petitions against the Bill, proof of evidence and protective clauses for insertion into the Bill....
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 752
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Title (The name of the record)
- Wimbledon and Dorking Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1856-1903
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains minutes of the Directors' meetings, 1888-1889, Parliamentary papers relating to the Windsor and Ascot Bill, 1898, including petitions against the Bill, proof of evidence and protective clauses for insertion into the Bill. There are also documents relating to agreements with other companies, newspaper cuttings, plans and prints.
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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)
- formerly WID series
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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)
- Wimbledon and Dorking Railway Company, 1857-1862
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 69 files and volumes
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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 27th July 1857. Under London & South Western Railway Act of 3rd June 1862, Wimbledon & Dorking Railway Company was transferred to London & South Western Railway Company. London & South Western Railway Company became part of Southern Railway Company as from 1st January 1923 under Railways (Southern Group) Amalgamation Scheme 1922 dated 22nd December 1922.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12940/
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