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Railway Clearing House: Membership Covenants
Catalogue reference: RAIL 1097
What's it about?
RAIL 1097
A collection of deeds of covenant executed by the railway companies in connection with their membership of the Railway Clearing System. All except pieces 28 and 36 bear the seals of the 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 1097
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Title (The name of the record)
- Railway Clearing House: Membership Covenants
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1868-1928
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Description (What the record is about)
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A collection of deeds of covenant executed by the railway companies in connection with their membership of the Railway Clearing System. All except pieces 28 and 36 bear the seals of the companies.
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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)
- RCH 16
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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)
- 116 bundle(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/C13253/
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