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Series
Parliamentary: Railway and Canal Acts
Catalogue reference: RAIL 1062
What's it about?
RAIL 1062
This series consists of parliamentary railway and canal acts.
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 1062
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Title (The name of the record)
- Parliamentary: Railway and Canal Acts
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Date (When the record was created)
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c1720-1940
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of parliamentary railway and canal acts.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Although this set is reasonably comprehensive there are certain gaps some of which can be filled by reference to RAIL 1063 to 1065. Four volumes of indexes, c1720-1940, refer to 133 Volumes of acts, and most of these can be readily identified. It should be noted however that the collection is not complete. If a reader fails to find the act he requires, reference should be made (progressively) through RAIL 1063-1065. If the searcher is still unsuccessful, it is then recommended he consult the House of Lords Record Office collection of acts.
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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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AP 2
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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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137 volume(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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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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This is the most comprehensive set of acts in the B.T.H.R. Collection and was collected, bound and indexed by the London and North Western Railway.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13221/
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