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please note these are not complete records
posted for info
About UK, Railway Employment Records, 1833-1963
This database includes indexed images of employment-related records from a number of historic railway companies in England, Scotland, and Wales.
What is included?
All of the railways included in this database were once private companies that later came under authority of the British Transport Commission with the 1947 Transport Act. The collection features selected records from the following companies:
RAIL226: Great Central Railway Company
RAIL264: Great Western Railway Company
RAIL397: London and North Eastern Railway Company
RAIL410: London and North Western Railway Company
RAIL411: London and South Western Railway Company
RAIL414: London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
RAIL415: London, Chatham and Dover Railway Company (formerly the East Kent Railway)
RAIL426: London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company
RAIL463: Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company
RAIL491: Midland Railway Company
RAIL1156: Special Collections: Retired Railway Officers' Society
Approximately 50% of the books cover the Great Western Railway, while the books covering the London and North Western Railway are more dense with records. Most records are prior to 1949, though some date later.
What can I find?
The most common record type in the database is a staff register. Others include station transfers, pension and accident records (which can include death date), apprentice records (which can include father's name), caution books, and memos.
Records will typically list an employee’s name, station, position, birth date or age, and various other details, such as salary, date entered service, and transfer information. For example, caution books list offenses employees were written up for and include name, date, grade, station, years of service, and date of suspension if applicable. Salary and wage registers list name, name of person recommending an employee for a position, date of appointment, salary or wage, dates of pay raises or decreases, age at the time the employee joined the railways, promotions, and remarks, which can mention transfers to different stations.
Records can be searched by name, birth year, event year, station, or company. Or they can be browsed by volume. In the browse, unless otherwise identified, the books are staff registers.
What is missing?
There are 58 pieces excluded from this collection for privacy reasons.
RAIL 264 Great Western Railway Company: Staff Records
Pieces 412, 413, 440, 442, 443, 471-522
RAIL 397 London and North Eastern Railway Company: Staff Records
Piece 13
There are currently 6 sections missing from these records. They will be added to the database at a later date.
RAIL 264 Great Western Railway Company: Staff Records
Piece 328: Register of weekly staff No.6 London District 1905-1913
Piece 416: Birmingham District 1898-1913
Piece 415: London Division 1896-1906
Piece 417: Chester Division 1898-1909
Piece 438: Register and histories of traffic staff at stations in Wales 1872-1892
RAIL 426 London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company: Staff Records
Piece 4: Register of scale advances (adults other than 5th grade) 1941 - 1946
maddie
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hello
do not get your hopes up for much info
as maddie knows as she tried to help me their was very little
but i was pleased with what she found
sally w :-)
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Edgar ford 1856 in Mere Wiltshire worked for the great Western Railway. He moved from Mere to London.
He had previously at the Silk Mill in Mere.
Any info would be fantastic so keeping my fingers and toes crossed
Bridget in Spain
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couldn't see any railway records but looks like he was born 1858 just for info
Name: Edgar Ford
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1858
Registration district: Mere
Inferred County: Wiltshire
Volume: 5a
Page: 209
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Jan, thank you for the correction, he definitely worked on the building of the railway as told by my grandfather his son and by my great-aunt and uncle.
Enjoy your day
Bridget
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Edgar Ford
Spouse: Mary Ford
Birth: abt 1859 - Mere, Wiltshire, England
Residence: 1891 - Lambeth, London, England
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Edgar Ford
Spouse: Mary Ford
Birth: abt 1859 - Mere, Wiltshire, England
Residence: 1901 - Lambeth, London, England
He was a steam engine fitter/turner.
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Seems like a wonderful resource. Where can these books/records be accessed?
Edit: what category do they come under?
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