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Series
Wolverhampton and Walsall Railway Company: Records
Catalogue reference: RAIL 1200
What's it about?
RAIL 1200
This series contains the deed of covenant that established the Wolverhampton & Walsall Railway.
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 1200
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Title (The name of the record)
- Wolverhampton and Walsall Railway Company: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1865
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains the deed of covenant that established the Wolverhampton & Walsall Railway.
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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)
- Wolverhampton and Walsall Railway Company, 1865-1875
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 file(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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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Transferred to the London and North Western Railway in 1875, the Midland Railway in 1876 and the London Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923.
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1865
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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 Wolverhampton & Walsall Railway was incorporated by Local Act 28-29 Vic, cap.clxxxi (1865). It was vested in the London and North Western Railway in 1875 and transferred to the Midland Railway in 1876.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15578/
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