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Agreements and Specifications as well as Tenders for construction of Great North...
Catalogue reference: RAIL 232/28
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This record is about the Agreements and Specifications as well as Tenders for construction of Great North... dating from 1838 in the series Great North of England 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 232/28
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1838
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Description (What the record is about)
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Agreements and Specifications as well as Tenders for construction of Great North of England Railway
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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)
- GNE 3/2
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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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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
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2241254/
Series information
RAIL 232
Great North of England Railway Company
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