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Series
Parliamentary: Miscellaneous Acts, North Eastern Area, etc.
Catalogue reference: RAIL 1065
What's it about?
RAIL 1065
The series comprises Railway, Canal and a variety of other Acts as shown in the Summary given overleaf. Although mainly relating to the North-East, some of the acts in this series relate to other areas.
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 1065
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Title (The name of the record)
- Parliamentary: Miscellaneous Acts, North Eastern Area, etc.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1558-1966
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Description (What the record is about)
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The series comprises Railway, Canal and a variety of other Acts as shown in the Summary given overleaf. Although mainly relating to the North-East, some of the acts in this series relate to other areas.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The former Card Index to this series has been absorbed into the B.T.H.R. Card Index. Having obtained an AP(Y) reference, locate this in the Key following the Summary of Contents of series and use the equivalent RAIL 1065 reference when writing for the Act.
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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)
- AP(Y)
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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)
- 216 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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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
- Transport management
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13224/
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