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Proposed Windsor, Slough and Staines Atmospheric Railway Company: Records
Catalogue reference: RAIL 964
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RAIL 964
This series contains papers concerning evidence given to a parliamentary select committee relating to a Bill to establish the railway including a collection of petitions.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 964
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Title (The name of the record)
- Proposed Windsor, Slough and Staines Atmospheric Railway Company: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1846-1847
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains papers concerning evidence given to a parliamentary select committee relating to a Bill to establish the railway including a collection of petitions.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
As there was no referencing system to these pieces, they have been 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)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 23 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 Windsor, Slough and Staines Atmospheric Railway was proposed by a bill deposited in parliament in 1846. The railway would have commenced at a junction with the Great Western Railway near the Royal Hotel in Slough, Bucks, running through Datchet and terminating at a junction with the proposed Richmond and Staines Railway at Staines, Middx. A triangular junction near Datchet was also proposed with a branch terminating near Datchet Lane, New Windsor, Berks.
The scheme met with considerable objection and the bill was not passed.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13152/
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