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Series
Lymington Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 1192
What's it about?
RAIL 1192
This series contains records of the Lymington Railway and includes a register of shareholders.
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 1192
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Title (The name of the record)
- Lymington Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1874-1879
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records of the Lymington Railway and includes a register of shareholders.
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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)
- Lymington Railway, 1856-1878
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 volume(s)
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2000 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)
- Transferred to the London and South Western Railway in 1878, to the Southern Railway in 1923, to the British Transport Commission in 1948, and to the British Railways Board in 1962.
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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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 Lymington Railway was incorporated by their act of 1856. It was acquired by the London and South Western Railway in 1878 under powers obtained by the South-Western Railway (General) Act 1860. The London and South Western Railway was absorbed by the Southern Railway Company in 1923. The Southern Railway was absorbed by the British Transport Commission in 1948.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15079/
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