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Stores Staff Register No 1. Includes details of female staff, storesmen, lampboys,...
Catalogue reference: RAIL 23/47
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This record is about the Stores Staff Register No 1. Includes details of female staff, storesmen, lampboys,... dating from 1889-1923 in the series Barry Railway Company. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 23/47
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1889-1923
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Description (What the record is about)
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Stores Staff Register No 1. Includes details of female staff, storesmen, lampboys, messengers and cleaners.
Provides details of name, date of birth, date of joining the company, where stationed, grade, rate of pay and changes thereto, date of departure from service, and reason.
Includes details of female staff, storesmen, lampboys, messengers and cleaners.
Internally indexed by surname. Described at item level.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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After page 99, the filing moved to a separate booklet which starts at page 204. The booklet is kept with the original ledger under the same reference. The intervening pages between 99 and 204 are completely blank.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Gives details of clerks similar to those in RAIL 23/46
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- BRY15/2
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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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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Closed For 75 years
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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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
- Pay and pensions
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1819634/
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Series information
RAIL 23
Barry Railway Company
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