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The birth of the travel guide
In the 19th century travel evolved from an aristocratic privilege to middle-class reality. Explore how rail guides made this possible.
Series
British Transport Historical Records: The Great Western Magazine : Periodicals
Catalogue reference: ZPER 85
What's it about?
ZPER 85
Issues of the periodical The Great Western Magazine, a miscellany of fact and fiction, published privately by employees of the Great Western Railway. The material in this series is non record material originally held in the Library.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ZPER 85
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Transport Historical Records: The Great Western Magazine: Periodicals
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1862-1864
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Description (What the record is about)
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Issues of the periodical The Great Western Magazine, a miscellany of fact and fiction, published privately by employees of the Great Western Railway.
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 85
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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)
- 2 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/C14825/
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