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Series
Byelaws and Regulations: Railway companies
Catalogue reference: RAIL 1001
What's it about?
RAIL 1001
This series contains copies of byelaws of railway companies, including those applicable in railway owned and/or operated docks and harbours and issued under their names. The series also includes an 1868 copy of the Shropshire Union Railways canal byelaws.
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 1001
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Title (The name of the record)
- Byelaws and Regulations: Railway companies
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Date (When the record was created)
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1835-1965
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains copies of byelaws of railway companies, including those applicable in railway owned and/or operated docks and harbours and issued under their names. The series also includes an 1868 copy of the Shropshire Union Railways canal byelaws.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The former London and York series have been amalgamated in the one series, arranged in alphabetical order of railway companies
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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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Former BTHR Reference BLR 1
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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282 file(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/C13179/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
218,721 records
Within the department: RAIL
Records of the pre-nationalisation railway companies, pre-nationalisation canal and...
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Byelaws and Regulations: Railway companies
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