Series
British Transport Commission and British Railways Board: Meldon Quarry: Records
Catalogue reference: AN 210
What's it about?
AN 210
This series contains a miscellaneous collection of records regarding Meldon Quarry, including records of finance, industrial relations, marketing and movement of stone, geology, the sale of the quarry and minutes and papers of directors' meetings.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- AN 210
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Transport Commission and British Railways Board: Meldon Quarry: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1941-1993
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains a miscellaneous collection of records regarding Meldon Quarry, including records of finance, industrial relations, marketing and movement of stone, geology, the sale of the quarry and minutes and papers of directors' meetings.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Chronological
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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, Southern Region, 1963-1993
- British Railways Board, Western Region, 1963-1993
- British Transport Commission, Southern Region, 1947-1962
- British Transport Commission, Western Region, 1947-1962
- Southern Railway Company, 1923-1947
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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in 2004 BRB (Residuary) Ltd
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Accumulated by British Transport Commission and, after 1962, British Railways Board. Passed in February 2001 to British Railways Board (Residuary) Ltd.
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1948-1993
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is not accruing
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Artificial collection documenting the history of the quarry. Some ephemera were rejected.
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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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Meldon Quarry was established by the London and South Western Railway to supply its system with track ballast. It passed to the Southern Railway in 1923. It was one of the earliest parts of the nationalised railway system to be privatised, in 1971.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15993/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: AN
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British Transport Commission and British Railways Board: Meldon Quarry: Records