Series
Witham Navigation Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 885
Date: 1762-1867
Minutes of the Witham Navigation Company.
Series
Trent and Mersey Canal Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 878
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RAIL 878
Stock and share registers etc and Minutes of the Trent and Mersey Canal Company.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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RAIL 878
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Title (The name of the record)
- Trent and Mersey Canal Company
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Date (When the record was created)
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1777-1853
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Description (What the record is about)
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Stock and share registers etc and Minutes of the Trent and Mersey Canal Company.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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TMC.
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Trent and Mersey Canal Company, 1766-1847
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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116 volume(s)
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Canals and river transport
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Incorporated by act of 14th May 1766 (6 Geo III, cap.96) as "Company of Proprietors of Navigation from Trent to Mersey". It was commonly called "Grand Trunk".
By "North Staffordshire Railway (Pottery Line) Act" 26th June 1846, company was incorporated as "North Staffordshire Railway Company" and "Company of Proprietors of Navigation from Trent to Mersey" was from and after 15th January 1847 vested in said Railway Company (see Section 53).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13066/
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Trent and Mersey Canal Company
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