Catalogue description Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Company

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Reference: RAIL 616
Title: Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Company
Description:

Stock and share registers, accountant's records and minutes of the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Company
Date: 1843-1855
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: SHC
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Company, 1846-1854
Physical description: 28 files and volumes
Administrative / biographical background:

Incorporated under Shrewsbury & Chester Railway Act of 27th July 1846, comprising an amalgamation of Shrewsbury Oswestry & Chester Junction Railway and North Wales Mineral Railway Company. Shrewsbury & Chester Railway Company was amalgamated with Great Western Railway Company as from 1st September 1854 by Great Western, and Birmingham & Chester Railways Consolidation Act 7th August 1854.

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