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Series
Proposed London, Newbury and Bath Direct Railway Company: Records
Catalogue reference: RAIL 1187
What's it about?
RAIL 1187
This series relates to the proposed London, Newbury and Bath Direct Railway Company and comprises papers concerning the proposed establishment of the company and the processing of the bill through 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 1187
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Title (The name of the record)
- Proposed London, Newbury and Bath Direct Railway Company: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1844-1849
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series relates to the proposed London, Newbury and Bath Direct Railway Company and comprises papers concerning the proposed establishment of the company and the processing of the bill through Parliament.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 15 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)
- Papers collected by the Great Western Railway Company, transferred to the British Transport Commission in 1948 and to the British Railways Board in 1963.
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No future accruals expected
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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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The London, Newbury and Bath Direct Railway Company would have constructed a railway from a junction with the Great Western Railway Company's line immediately east of Bath Station, following the route of the Kennet & Avon Canal until Newbury where it would have joined the Berks and Hants Railway. The proposed railway would not have deviated from the route of the canal by any more than one hundred yards and in some places the plan was to divert the canal to accommodate the railway. The railway would have therefore run through or near Bathampton, Bradford on Avon, Trowbridge, Devizes, Pewsey and Great Bedwyn. A bill to incorporate the company and to authorise the construction of the railway was deposited in Parliament in 1846 but it did not receive Royal assent.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13318/
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Proposed London, Newbury and Bath Direct Railway Company: Records
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