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Series
Great Western Railway Company and British Railways, Western Region: Contract Documents
Catalogue reference: RAIL 1190
What's it about?
RAIL 1190
This series consists of files of the Great Western Railway and its post nationalisation successor, Western Region relating to contracts for construction work.
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 1190
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Title (The name of the record)
- Great Western Railway Company and British Railways, Western Region: Contract Documents
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1914-1964
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of files of the Great Western Railway and its post nationalisation successor, Western Region relating to contracts for construction work.
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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)
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- British Railways Board, Western Region, 1963-1993
- British Transport Commission Railway Executive Western Region, 1947-1962
- Great Western Railway Company, 1835-1947
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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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
- Construction industries
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No further accruals expected
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Only records of major contracts were selected
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15055/
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