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WOODSIDE, NORTH BIRKENHEAD, AND LIVERPOOL STEAM FERRY CO

Catalogue reference: B/077

What’s it about?

This record is about the WOODSIDE, NORTH BIRKENHEAD, AND LIVERPOOL STEAM FERRY CO dating from 1835-1842.

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Full description and record details

Reference

B/077

Title

WOODSIDE, NORTH BIRKENHEAD, AND LIVERPOOL STEAM FERRY CO

Date

1835-1842

Description

MINUTES AND FINANCIAL RECORDS

Held by
Wirral Archives Service
Language

English

Creator(s)
<corpname>Woodside, North Birkenhead, and Liverpool Steam Ferry Co</corpname>
Physical description

2 FILES

Administrative / biographical background

Formed in 1835 to take over the Woodside-Liverpool steam ferry service introduced by Hugh Williams in 1822. Ferry rights were leased from Francis Richard Price. By Act of Parliament (5 Vict. Sess. 2. cap. v.) the service passed to the Birkenhead Improvement Commissioners in 1842. (The Commissioners also became owners of the ferry rights in 1858). The surviving records of the Company were inherited by Birkenhead Corporation, and are therefore classified as records of the Corporation.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/739bfd38-9d93-4fdc-af9b-a14dd98dd02b/

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WOODSIDE, NORTH BIRKENHEAD, AND LIVERPOOL STEAM FERRY CO