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Series
British Transport Historical Records: Maps, Plans & Surveys of Canals and Inland...
Catalogue reference: RAIL 1029
What's it about?
RAIL 1029
This series consists principally of plans of proposed and constructed canals and maps of the inland navigation network, but also includes some plans of rivers, wharves and docks. These are generally maps specific to particular companies.
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 1029
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Transport Historical Records: Maps, Plans & Surveys of Canals and Inland Waterways. Transferred from MPS 1
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1761-1974
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists principally of plans of proposed and constructed canals and maps of the inland navigation network, but also includes some plans of rivers, wharves and docks. These are generally maps specific to particular companies.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The information in this series was enhanced in 2008 drawing on catalogue descriptions made by the editor Mr P D Roos in the early 1990s.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
- Arrangement
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Many of the series of records of individual companies, as well as those of the Railway Clearing House, committees and commissions etc contain maps and plans. There are also numerous maps of waterways among the records of the Ministry of Transport, the Home Office, the War Office, the Welsh Office, and other departments.
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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)
- MPS 1
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- 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)
- British Transport Historical Record Office, 1951-1962
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 93 flat sheets, portfolios, rolls and volumes
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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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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- This series is one of nine artificially created accumulations of maps, plans and surveys gathered together by the staff who supervised the historical records of the British Transport Commission. Formerly held at the British Transport Historical Records repository at Porchester Road, they were transferred to the custody of the Public Record Office in 1972.
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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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Under the Transport Act 1947 the railways, canals, long-distance road haulage and various other types of transport were acquired by the State and operated by the British Transport Commission. The Commission was responsible to the Ministry of Transport for general transport policy, which it exercised principally through financial control of executive bodies set up to manage specific sections of the industry under schemes of delegation. Details of these executive bodies are set out in PRO Current Guide part 1, 629/1/1; copies of the Guide are available in the reading rooms at The National Archives.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13201/
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