Catalogue description Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway Company

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Reference: RAIL 125
Title: Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway Company
Description:

This series documents the establishment and administration of the Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway Company.

Documents include minutes of various committees, stock and share registers and ledgers and cash books.

Date: 1852-1887
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: CMU
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway Company, 1853-1887

Physical description: 38 files and volumes
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

BRB (Residuary) Ltd

Accruals: No further accruals expected
Administrative / biographical background:

The Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway Company was incoporated under the Coleford, Monmouth Usk and Pontypool Railway Act 20 August 1853 and leased to West Midland Railway Company by Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway (Lease etc,) Act 22 July 1861.

Under the Great Western Railway Act of 22 August 1881, the company was vested in the Great Western Railway Company as from 1 January 1887.

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