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Windsor and Ascot Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 754
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RAIL 754
This series contains minutes of the Directors' meetings, 1888-1889, Parliamentary papers relating to the Windsor and Ascot Bill, 1898, including petitions agains tthe Bill, proof of evidence and protec- tive 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)
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RAIL 754
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Title (The name of the record)
- Windsor and Ascot Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
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1888-1903
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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 agains tthe Bill, proof of evidence and protec- tive 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)
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WAR.
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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)
- Windsor and Ascot Railway Company, 1898-1901
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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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 12th August 1898. First meeting was on 22nd October 1898, and last on 21st December 1899, at which it was reported that Company had not raised capital required and that there was no probability of their being able to do so by 31st December 1899; an agreement between Company and Great Western Railway Company, in pursuance of section 62 of act of Incorporation, admitting fact was submitted and approved. Powers under act of 1898 were transferred to Great Western Railway Company under Great Western Railway Act of 26th July 1901 (Section 85 &c) which had effect of dissolving Windsor and Ascot Railway Company.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12942/
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