Catalogue description Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway Company

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Title: Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway Company
Description:

This series documents the establishment and administration of the Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway Company, and the construction of relevant railway track.

Records include minutes of general meetings, company and stockholder records, letterbooks, plans and correspondence.
Date: 1861-1866
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: AWC
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
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Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway Company, 1861-1865
Physical description: 8 files and volumes
Administrative / biographical background:

The Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway Company was incorporated in July 1861 by the Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway Company Act. It was responsible for the construction of various railway lines from Aberystwyth, and to this end had agreements with Oswestry and Newtown, Llanidloes, Mid Wales, Shrewsbury and Welshpool Railways.

The company amalgamated with the Cambrian Railway Company by the Cambrian and Coast Railways (Amalgamation) Act of 5 July 1865. By virtue of the Great Western Railway (Western Group) Preliminary Amalgamations Scheme, the Cambrian Railway Company amalgamated with the Great Western Railway Company in March 1922.

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