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Woodside and South Croydon Railway Company and Joint Committee
Catalogue reference: RAIL 760
What's it about?
RAIL 760
Minutes and accounts of the company and of the joint committee set up to run the line in 1882 by the South Eastern and London Brighton and South Coast railway companies and registers of company shareholdings.
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 760
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Title (The name of the record)
- Woodside and South Croydon Railway Company and Joint Committee
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1881-1923
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes and accounts of the company and of the joint committee set up to run the line in 1882 by the South Eastern and London Brighton and South Coast railway companies and registers of company shareholdings.
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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)
- WSC
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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)
- Woodside and South Croydon Railway Company, 1880-1882
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 21 volume(s)
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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 by act of 6th August 1880. Under South Eastern Railway (Various Powers) Act 10th August 1882 Section 42, Woodside & South Croydon Railway Company was dissolved and was transferred to and vested in London, Brighton & South Coast Railway Company and South Eastern Railway Company jointly, as from date of passing of act. By virtue of Section 43, powers of companies as to maintenance and management of Woodside & South Croydon Railway Company were vested in joint committee constituted under Sections 20 to 31 of London, Brighton & South Coast Railway (Croydon, Oxted and East Grinstead Railways) Act 1878. London, Brighton & South Coast Railway Company and South Eastern 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/C12948/
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