Catalogue description Bristol and Gloucester Railway Company

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Reference: RAIL 76
Title: Bristol and Gloucester Railway Company
Description:

This series documents the establishment and administration of the Bristol and Gloucester Railway Company.

Records include minutes of board, general and committee meetings.
Date: 1839-1846
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: BTG
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Bristol and Gloucester Railway Company, 1828-1846
Physical description: 5 rolls and volumes
Administrative / biographical background:

The Bristol and Gloucester Railway Company was incorporated under the Bristol and Gloucester Railway Act of 19th June 1828 as Bristol & Gloucestershire Railway Company. By an act of 1839, the company was required to take and use name and style of "Bristol & Gloucester Railway Company".

In 1846, by an act of 3rd August, the company was to be incorporated in and to form part of Midland Railway Company.

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