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Series
Byelaws and Regulations: Canals and Other Undertakings
Catalogue reference: RAIL 1003
What's it about?
RAIL 1003
This series contains copies of byelaws of canal, dock, and harbour undertakings, including some controlled by the railway companies and issued under their names.Many pieces relate to docks and harbours. Some items include information on penalties...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 1003
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Title (The name of the record)
- Byelaws and Regulations: Canals and Other Undertakings
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1784-1962
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains copies of byelaws of canal, dock, and harbour undertakings, including some controlled by the railway companies and issued under their names.
Many pieces relate to docks and harbours. Some items include information on penalties for infringement of the byelaws.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The London and York series have been amalgamated in the one series, arranged in alphabetical order by canal and dock names.
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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)
- BLR 2
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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)
- 108 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/C13180/
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