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Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway Company: Records
Catalogue reference: RAIL 785
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RAIL 785
This series contains records relating to agreements between the Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway Company and other parties, including the Great Western Railway Company.This records come from the miscellaneous document number series of...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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RAIL 785
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Title (The name of the record)
- Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway Company: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
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1870-1883
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records relating to agreements between the Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway Company and other parties, including the Great Western Railway Company.
This records come from the miscellaneous document number series of the Great Western Railway Deeds Office.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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)
- Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway Company, 1869-1883
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6 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 Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway Company (W&W) was incorporated by the Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway Act 1869. The Act authorised the company to construct a railway from a junction with the Great Western Railway Company's (GWR) Thame extension of the Wycombe Railway at Princes Risborough to the parish of Pyrton about one mile from Watlington in the county of Oxford. The railway was opened on 15 August 1872 and was 8.5 miles long.
Before its opening, the GWR agreed to work the railway and on 1 July 1883, the W&W became owned by the GWR, the vesting being confirmed by the Great Western Railway Act 1883.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12973/
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