Record revealed
Three wooden wheel models used as court exhibits
These Victorian railway wheel models demonstrate the diverse, and often unexpected, character of exhibits preserved in court records at The National Archives.
Series
Great Western Railway Collection
Catalogue reference: RAIL 1014
What's it about?
RAIL 1014
Wide range of records, including photographs, illustrative of the company's early history and subsequent development. Although most of the collection relates to the 19th century there are a few post-nationalization records of the Western Region...
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 1014
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Title (The name of the record)
- Great Western Railway Collection
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1740-1967
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Description (What the record is about)
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Wide range of records, including photographs, illustrative of the company's early history and subsequent development. Although most of the collection relates to the 19th century there are a few post-nationalization records of the Western Region of British Railways.
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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)
- HRP 1
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Great Western Railway Company, 1835-1947
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 59 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No further accruals expected
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13187/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: RAIL
Records of the pre-nationalisation railway companies, pre-nationalisation canal and...
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Great Western Railway Collection
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