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Contents of bottom envelope, titled 'Wootton Bassett to Severn Tunnel [Junction]',...

Catalogue reference: ZSPC 11/482/15

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This record is about the Contents of bottom envelope, titled 'Wootton Bassett to Severn Tunnel [Junction]',... dating from 1925 Jan 1-1963 Feb 17 in the series W E Hayward Collection. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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ZSPC 11/482/15
Date
1925 Jan 1-1963 Feb 17
Description

Contents of bottom envelope, titled 'Wootton Bassett to Severn Tunnel [Junction]', on reverse of item 11, two photographs, and three cuttings:

Photographs, 9cm x 14cm, monochrome, [published by] 'Locomotive and General Railway Photographs', with image number and typed note on reverse, [c 1930]:

1) 'Badminton station', [image No] '18943'.

2) 'Chipping Sodbury station', [image No] '18942'.

Cuttings:

3) Front three-quarter right-side view, typed note on reverse 'Engine No 70025 'Western Star' 4-6-2 working the 'up' 'Red Dragon' and passing Badminton, [photograph] 19 August 1953, G F Heiron, ex Ian Allan 'Trains Album' No 3'.

4) [Rail and Platform Plans of British Stations, Part One, published by Railway and Technical Press, 1947], page 14, 'Badminton, 8 April 1930'.

5) 'Sunday Express', 'Duke asks MPs: Stop Beeching closing my station', Duke of Beaufort challenging closure of Badminton station on basis of original agreement with Great Western Railway for construction of the line, reverse type-dated '17 February 1963'.

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Access conditions
Open on Transfer
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
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ZSPC 11

W E Hayward Collection

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