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Series
Chester and Crewe Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 776
What's it about?
RAIL 776
Plans of the Chester and Crewe 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 776
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Title (The name of the record)
- Chester and Crewe Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
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1838
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Description (What the record is about)
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Plans of the Chester and Crewe 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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C & C
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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)
- Chester and Crewe Railway Company, 1837-1840
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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4 roll(s)
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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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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 1 Vic, cap.LX111 (1837) and subsequently Incorporated with Grand Junction Railway by act of 3 Vic, cap.XL1X (1840). The Railway Magazine, Vol.5 pp. 469-471 (PER 33/5 in BTHR Collection) gives an interesting account of the company's activities before its incorporation with the Grand Junction Railway.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12964/
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Chester and Crewe Railway Company
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