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West Bromwich and Walsall Railway Company: Records
Catalogue reference: RAIL 1201
What's it about?
RAIL 1201
This series contains correspondence about the establishment of the West Bromwich & Walsall Railway Company. The records were extracted from Great Western Railway miscellaneous records.
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 1201
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Title (The name of the record)
- West Bromwich and Walsall Railway Company: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1867-1870
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains correspondence about the establishment of the West Bromwich & Walsall Railway Company. The records were extracted from Great Western Railway miscellaneous records.
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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)
- West Bromwich and Walsall Railway Company, 1870-1870
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 2 file(s)
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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 at unknown date to the Great Western Railway.
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1867-1870
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15579/
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