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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
Special Collections: Retired Railway Officers' Society
Catalogue reference: RAIL 1156
What's it about?
RAIL 1156
Minute books, cash books, and albums of photographs of members. Electronic images of selected pieces of these records can be searched online through our partner website. (Please note: Pieces 1-26 only have been digitised).
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 1156
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Title (The name of the record)
- Special Collections: Retired Railway Officers' Society
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1900-1963
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minute books, cash books, and albums of photographs of members.
Electronic images of selected pieces of these records can be searched online through our partner website. (Please note: Pieces 1-26 only have been digitised).
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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)
- SPC 15
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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)
- Retired Railway Officers Society, 1900-1963
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 27 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to closure for periods up to 75 years
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
- This collection was handed to the BTHR Archivist in November 1965 by Mr J W Kerr, Secretary to the Society.
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is not accruing.
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13287/
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Special Collections: Retired Railway Officers' Society
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