Series
Dover Harbour Board
Catalogue reference: RAIL 821
Date: 1897-1933
Minutes and plans of the Dover Harbour Board.
Series
Wyrley and Essington Canal Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 887
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RAIL 887
Stock and share registers and minutes of the Wyrley and Essington 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 887
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Title (The name of the record)
- Wyrley and Essington Canal Company
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Date (When the record was created)
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1792-1840
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Description (What the record is about)
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Stock and share registers and minutes of the Wyrley and Essington 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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WEC.
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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)
- Wyrley and Essington Canal Company, 1792-1840
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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3 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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First Act passed 30th April 1792 (32 Geo III, cap.81) forming "Company of Proprietors of Wyrley and Essington Navigation". By act of 34 Geo III, cap.25, certain other persons mentioned therein were united and incorporated with and made part of the said Company.
Under "An Act for consolidating Wyrley and Essington Canal Navigation with Birmingham Canal Navigations" dated 14th April 1840, Wyrley and Essington Canal Navigation was incorporated with Birmingham Canal Navigations and shares of latter Company were issued in lieu of those of Wyrley and Essington Canal Navigation.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13075/
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Wyrley and Essington Canal Company
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