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Series
Wolverhampton Joint Committees
Catalogue reference: RAIL 759
What's it about?
RAIL 759
Minutes, etc, of the committee established by the Birmingham and Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury and Chester, and Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton railway companies to regulate Wolverhampton through traffic; and of the joint station committee set up by...
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 759
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Title (The name of the record)
- Wolverhampton Joint Committees
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1848-1863
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes, etc, of the committee established by the Birmingham and Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury and Chester, and Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton railway companies to regulate Wolverhampton through traffic; and of the joint station committee set up by the Great Western and other railway companies in 1853.
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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)
- WJC
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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)
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- Great Western Railway Company, 1835-1947
- London and North Western Railway Company, 1846-1923
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 16 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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BRB (Residuary) Ltd
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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)
- No further accruals expected
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12947/
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