Catalogue description Great Western, Shrewsbury and Chester, and Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway companies

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Reference: RAIL 283
Title: Great Western, Shrewsbury and Chester, and Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway companies
Description:

This series consists of minutes relating to the Great Western, Shrewsbury and Chester, and Shrewsbury and Birmingham railway companies.

Date: 1850-1855
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: GWSC
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Great Western Railway Company, 1835-1947

Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Company, 1846-1854

Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Company, 1846-1854

Physical description: 26 papers and volumes
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Accruals: No further accruals expected
Administrative / biographical background:

The Shrewsbury and Chester and the Shrewsbury and Birmingham railway companies were incorporated on 27 July 1846 and 3 Aug 1846 respectively, and subsequently taken over by the Great western Railway Company on 1 Sept 1854.

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