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Merionethshire Railway Company: Records
Catalogue reference: RAIL 1195
What's it about?
RAIL 1195
This series contains records of Merionethshire Railway Company dealing with the attempt to establish the railway and comparisons with other proposed railways in the Merionethshire area.
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 1195
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Title (The name of the record)
- Merionethshire Railway Company: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1861-1887
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records of Merionethshire Railway Company dealing with the attempt to establish the railway and comparisons with other proposed railways in the Merionethshire area.
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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)
- Merionethshire Railway Company, 1861-1887
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 24 bundle(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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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
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- Series ran from June 1838 to May 1887
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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 Merionethshire Railway Company was incorporated by act of 1861 and abandoned in 1887, probably without the railway ever having been built. The Manchester & Milford Railway was also involved with the project.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15262/
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