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Salaried staff register [No. 1, pages 1089-1599] - Goods Department. Includes clerks,...
Catalogue reference: RAIL 410/1843
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This record is about the Salaried staff register [No. 1, pages 1089-1599] - Goods Department. Includes clerks,... dating from 1855 - 1897 in the series London and North Western Railway Company: Records. 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 410/1843
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1855 - 1897
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Description (What the record is about)
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Salaried staff register [No. 1, pages 1089-1599] - Goods Department. Includes clerks, goods managers, inspectors, superintendents, time keepers, accountants, foremen, agents, canvassers, collectors, timber measurer, traffic solicitor and cartage.
Gives some or all of the following details: name, capacity, date of birth, date of entry into service, annual rate, date and details of transfer or leaving.
Also mentions female clerks.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arranged by station.
The documents in RAIL 410/1838-1843 and 1845-1850 comprise two separate Salaried Staff Registers for the periods pre-1897 (No 1) and post-1897 (No 2). These volumes are not arranged sequentially in this record series; their arrangement is as follows:
Register No 1 (split between RAIL 410/1842-1843, 1847 and 1850):
- Pages 1-579: RAIL 410/1847 (Coaching Department).
- Pages 581-1087: RAIL 410/1842 (Goods Department).
- Pages 1089-1599: RAIL 410/1843 (Goods Department).
- Pages 1601-2139: RAIL 410/1850 (Miscellaneous Departments).
Register No 2 (split between RAIL 410/1838-1841, 1845-1846, and 1848-1849):
- Pages 1-572: RAIL 410/1845 (Coaching Department).
- Pages 573-1132: RAIL 410/1846 (Coaching Department).
- Pages 1133-1612: RAIL 410/1838 (Goods Department).
- Pages 1613-2092: RAIL 410/1839 (Goods Department).
- Pages 2093-2592: RAIL 410/1840 (Goods Department).
- Pages 2593-3088: RAIL 410/1841 (Miscellaneous Departments).
- Pages 3089-3568: RAIL 410/1848 (Miscellaneous Departments).
- Pages 3569-4048: RAIL 410/1849 (Miscellaneous Departments).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Indexed by RAIL 410/1853
For previous volume [No 1, pages 581-1087] see RAIL 410/1842
For later volume [No 1, pages 1601-2139] see RAIL 410/1850
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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)
- LNW 15/47
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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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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Closed For 75 years
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4352252/
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Series information
RAIL 410
London and North Western Railway Company: Records
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