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Series
Proposed Cheltenham and Oxford Union Railway Company: Records
Catalogue reference: RAIL 1186
What's it about?
RAIL 1186
This series contains printed and miscellaneous papers relating to the proposed setting up of the Cheltenham and Oxford Union Railway Company by an act of Parliament.
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 1186
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Title (The name of the record)
- Proposed Cheltenham and Oxford Union Railway Company: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1852-1853
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains printed and miscellaneous papers relating to the proposed setting up of the Cheltenham and Oxford Union Railway Company by an act of Parliament.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Chronological order
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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)
- Cheltenham and Oxford Union Railway Company
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 11 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 1999 British Railways Board
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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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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Probably transferred to the Great Western Railway.
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No future accruals expected
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13317/
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