Catalogue description Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Company

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Reference: RAIL 37
Title: Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Company
Description:

This series documents the establishment and administration of the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Company, the construction of railway track and the purchase of rolling stock.

Records include minutes of meetings of proprietors, board and committees; agreements, contracts and plans; and records of locomotive stock.

Date: 1835-1846
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: BGR
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
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Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Company, 1836-1846

Physical description: 27 files, rolls and volumes
Administrative / biographical background:

The Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Company was incorporated under the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Act of 22nd April 1836.

In 1846, the company was incorporated into, and formed part of, the Midland Railway Company under an act of 3rd August 1846.

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