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1 item (enclosure to letter from the General Manager's Office, Great Western Railway),...
Catalogue reference: MFQ 1/1317
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This record is about the 1 item (enclosure to letter from the General Manager's Office, Great Western Railway),... dating from 1885 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... 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)
- MFQ 1/1317
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1885
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item (enclosure to letter from the General Manager's Office, Great Western Railway), numbered (1), extracted from MT 6/669/4. Herefordshire. Track diagrams showing alterations at Barrs Court Station (Hereford), London and North Western and Great Western Joint Railway. Scale: 1 inch to 33 feet. Signed by Robert Johnston, 21 July 1885. Stamped in the Signal Superintendent's Office, Crewe. Received in the Board of Trade Railway Department, 7 August 1885.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For item numbered (2) see MRQ 1/39
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 56 cm x 77 cm
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3984338/
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