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Series
Great Northern Railway Company: Working Plans and Sections
Catalogue reference: RAIL 796
What's it about?
RAIL 796
Working plans and section for the construction of the company's lines. They show what land was to be purchased, and may include information about bridges, viaducts etc. Plans and sections for lines taken over by the GNR are in the series for the...
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 796
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Title (The name of the record)
- Great Northern Railway Company: Working Plans and Sections
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Date (When the record was created)
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1846-1914
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Description (What the record is about)
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Working plans and section for the construction of the company's lines. They show what land was to be purchased, and may include information about bridges, viaducts etc. Plans and sections for lines taken over by the GNR are in the series for the former company, except for the Edgware, Highgate and London line which was constructed by GNR.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
They are listed in the original (where possible) numerical sequence given to them by the GNR. The plans were filed before the sections within the same numbering system but in different blocks of numbers; and in this list, the plans and sections are cross-referenced where possible.
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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)
- Great Northern Railway Company, 1846-1923
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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120 flat sheet(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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12984/
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Great Northern Railway Company: Working Plans and Sections
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