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The birth of the travel guide
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Series
British Transport Historical Records: The Railway Year Book : Periodicals
Catalogue reference: ZPER 46
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ZPER 46
Copies of the periodical The Railway Year Book, which was amalgamated with Universal Directory of Railway (Illustrated) in 1933. From 1933 onwards see Universal Directory of Officials and Railway Year Book. The material in this series is non...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ZPER 46
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Transport Historical Records: The Railway Year Book: Periodicals
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1898-1932
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Description (What the record is about)
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Copies of the periodical The Railway Year Book, which was amalgamated with Universal Directory of Railway (Illustrated) in 1933. From 1933 onwards see Universal Directory of Officials and Railway Year Book.
The material in this series is non record material originally held in the Library.
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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)
- PER 46
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Non record material
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 35 volume(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/C14787/
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