Series
Dover Harbour Board
Catalogue reference: RAIL 821
Date: 1897-1933
Minutes and plans of the Dover Harbour Board.
Series
Oxford Canal Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 855
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RAIL 855
Miscellaneous records of the Oxford Canal 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 855
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Title (The name of the record)
- Oxford Canal Company
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Date (When the record was created)
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1769-1948
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Description (What the record is about)
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Miscellaneous records of the Oxford Canal 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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OXC.
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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 Canal Company, 1769-1947
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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157 files and volumes
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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
- Canals and river transport
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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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First Act obtained 21st April 1769 (9 Geo III, cap.70), and following several more Acts a Consolidating Act was passed, dated 14th May 1829; Company is chartered as "Company of Proprietors of Oxford Canal Navigation".
Name was changed, 28th March 1935, to "Oxford Canal Company". Company passed into British Transport Commission by virtue of Part 2 of Schedule 3 of Transport Act, 1947.
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- For further information see 1923 Bradshaw's " Canals and Navigable Rivers of England and Wales" and Priestley's " Navigable Rivers, Canals and Railways" Stock Exchange Official Year Book
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13043/
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Oxford Canal Company
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