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Catalogue description British Transport Commission and British Railways Board: Meldon Quarry: Records
| Reference: | AN 210 |
|---|---|
| Title: | British Transport Commission and British Railways Board: Meldon Quarry: Records |
| Description: |
This series contains a miscellaneous collection of records regarding Meldon Quarry, including records of finance, industrial relations, marketing and movement of stone, geology, the sale of the quarry and minutes and papers of directors' meetings. |
| Date: | 1941-1993 |
| Arrangement: |
Chronological |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
British Railways Board, Southern Region, 1963-1993 British Railways Board, Western Region, 1963-1993 British Transport Commission, Southern Region, 1947-1962 British Transport Commission, Western Region, 1947-1962 Southern Railway Company, 1923-1947 |
| Physical description: | 52 |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
in 2004 BRB (Residuary) Ltd |
| Custodial history: | Accumulated by British Transport Commission and, after 1962, British Railways Board. Passed in February 2001 to British Railways Board (Residuary) Ltd. |
| Accumulation dates: | 1948-1993 |
| Selection and destruction information: | Artificial collection documenting the history of the quarry. Some ephemera were rejected. |
| Accruals: | Series is not accruing |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
Meldon Quarry was established by the London and South Western Railway to supply its system with track ballast. It passed to the Southern Railway in 1923. It was one of the earliest parts of the nationalised railway system to be privatised, in 1971. |
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