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Callington Light Railway Company: Records
Catalogue reference: RAIL 799
What's it about?
RAIL 799
Miscellaneous papers relating to the company formed with the intention of constructing a railway line in Cornwall.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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RAIL 799
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Title (The name of the record)
- Callington Light Railway Company: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
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1899-1922
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Description (What the record is about)
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Miscellaneous papers relating to the company formed with the intention of constructing a railway line in Cornwall.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
listed in chronological order
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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)
- Callington Light Railway Company, 1869-1891
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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9 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 CLR was incorporated by the Callington Light Railway Order 1900 which authorised the construction of a railway commencing with a junction with the Great Western Railway Company's (GWR) line between Plymouth and Penzance at a point just over a furlong west of a bridge carrying the road between Weard House and Weard Quay in the parish of Saint Stephen by Saltash and terminating in a field at a point close to the Callington Police Station. The line would be just over eleven miles in length and totally in Cornwall.
The CLR found difficulty in financing its project and an extension of time order was obtained in 1903. The ownership of the powers was transferred from the CLR to the GWR by an agreement dated May 1905; being confirmed by the Callington Light Railway (Amendment and Transfer) Order 1907.
Although the GWR also gained various orders extending the time for the scheme, no construction work was ever undertaken and the GWR finally gave up by sponsoring the Callington Light Railway (Abandonment) Order 1924.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12987/
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Callington Light Railway Company: Records
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