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South Devon and Cornwall railways, locomotive matters, correspondence, reports, returns,...
Catalogue reference: RAIL 1008/16
What’s it about?
This record is about the South Devon and Cornwall railways, locomotive matters, correspondence, reports, returns,... dating from 1851-1867 in the series Various Transport Undertakings: Correspondence and papers. 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 1008/16
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1851-1867
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Description (What the record is about)
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South Devon and Cornwall railways, locomotive matters, correspondence, reports, returns, agreements, etc.
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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)
- HL 1/2/5
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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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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
- Transport management
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1868755/
Series information
RAIL 1008
Various Transport Undertakings: Correspondence and papers
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