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Staff register including agents, guards, porters, ticket collectors, night watchmen,...

Catalogue reference: RAIL 410/1859

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This record is about the Staff register including agents, guards, porters, ticket collectors, night watchmen,... dating from 1852 - 1860 in the series London and North Western Railway Company: Records. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
RAIL 410/1859
Date
1852 - 1860
Description

Staff register including agents, guards, porters, ticket collectors, night watchmen, policemen, lampmen, clerks, office cleaners, greasemean, pointsmen, gatesmen, signalmen, van drivers etc.

Gives details of date of appointment, name, occupation, rate of wages, date of leaving, remarks including information on where the staff member came from/went to or whether they resigned or were dismissed.

Some folios appear to be missing.

Arrangement

Arranged by department (coaching, parcels office, police, goods, locomotive, coach repairs, livestock, canal, etc) and station (Stour Valley, Wolverhampton, Manchester etc).

Related material

Name indexed by RAIL 410/1864

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
LNW 15/63
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Access conditions
Closed For 75 years
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4352268/

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RAIL 410

London and North Western Railway Company: Records

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Staff register including agents, guards, porters, ticket collectors, night watchmen,...

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