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British Library of Political and Economic Science

Bristol and Exeter Railway


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0097 COLL MISC 0027

Held at: British Library of Political and Economic Science

Title: Bristol and Exeter Railway

Date(s): 1839-1850

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: One volume

Name of creator(s): Bristol and Exeter Railway Company

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

When Parliament gave permission for the Great Western Railway in 1835, Bristol merchants began to argue for an extension of the proposed line to Exeter. Permission was granted in 1836 and Isambard Brunel (1806-1859) was appointed engineer. The line was completed in 1844. Over the next nine years branches were opened to Clevedon, Tiverton and Yeovil. Other branches followed in the 1860s (Chard, Portishead, Wells, Barnstaple and Minehead). The Bristol & Exeter Railway was considered to be a reasonable financial success and between 1844 and 1874 the annual dividend was 4.5 per cent.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers relating to the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company, comprising printed letters to shareholders, reports of directors, reports in newspapers and notices of requirement of land to build the railway, addressed to Charles Fox and Sarah Fox of Wellington, Somerset.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

One volume

Conditions governing access:

OPEN

Conditions governing reproduction:

APPLY TO ARCHIVIST

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

No further list required

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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ALLIED MATERIALS

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Related material:

Papers relating to the Company are held by the Public Record Office (Ref : RAIL 75, 80) and Bristol Record Office (Ref: 12167 (31-35)). See National Register of Archives for further details.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Output from CAIRS using template 14 and checked by hand on May 8, 2002

Date(s) of descriptions: 8 May 2002; revised 20 May 2002


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Economic history | Economics
Railway transport | Transport

Personal names
Fox | Charles | fl 1840 | of Wellington, Somerset
Fox | Sarah | fl 1840 | of Wellington, Somerset

Corporate names
Bristol and Exeter Railway Company

Places
Bristol | Avon | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Exeter | Devon | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe