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Requirements of Board of Trade upon opening of railways
Catalogue reference: RAIL 226/486
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This record is about the Requirements of Board of Trade upon opening of railways dating from 1905 in the series Great Central 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 226/486
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1905
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Description (What the record is about)
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Requirements of Board of Trade upon opening of railways
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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)
- GCR1/203
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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
- Trade and commerce
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2240967/
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RAIL 226
Great Central Railway Company
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