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Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway Company: Oxford to Brentford Railway:...
Catalogue reference: RAIL 784
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RAIL 784
This series contains parliamentary bill papers containing the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway Company's proposed extension to Brentford.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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RAIL 784
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Title (The name of the record)
- Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway Company: Oxford to Brentford Railway: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
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1851-1853
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains parliamentary bill papers containing the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway Company's proposed extension to Brentford.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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)
- Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway Company, 1845-1860
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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129 file(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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The OWW proposed a branch from Wolvercot, near Oxford to a junction with the London and South Western Railway Company's Windsor Branch at Brentford. This would have taken the OWW through Great Western Railway (GWR) territory, giving the residents and business of that area another route to London. There were considerable objections to the scheme, not least from the GWR, but also from local residents, some of whom were quite influential people at this time. The parliamentary bill did not gain Royal assent.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12972/
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