Series
Grimsby Haven Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 835
Date: 1796-1840
Minutes of the Grimsby Haven Company.
Series
Mersey Conservancy: Letter and Minute Books
Catalogue reference: MT 75
What's it about?
MT 75
This series consists of letter books of the Acting Conservator of the Mersey Conservancy, and minutes of annual meetings of the Commissioners for the Conservancy. The papers in the series gives examples of the day to day work and correspondence...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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MT 75
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Title (The name of the record)
- Mersey Conservancy: Letter and Minute Books
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Date (When the record was created)
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1880-1916
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of letter books of the Acting Conservator of the Mersey Conservancy, and minutes of annual meetings of the Commissioners for the Conservancy. The papers in the series gives examples of the day to day work and correspondence of the Conservancy.
Most volumes are indexed.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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)
- Mersey Conservancy Commissioners, 1842-1919
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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28 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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from 2007 Department for Transport
from 1976-2007 Department of the Environment
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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No further accruals are expected
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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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The Commissioners for the Conservancy of the River Mersey were first appointed under the Mersey Conservancy Act 1842, with jurisdiction over the length of the river from Warrington Bridge and Frodsham Bridge (River Weaver) to the sea. The Commissioners then appointed were the Lord High Admiral (later First Lord of the Admiralty), the Chief Commissioner of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Buildings (later replaced by the President of the Board of Trade) and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
The jurisdiction of the Commissioners extended to the general maintenance of navigation, the abatement and removal of nuisances and obstructions and the granting of rights and easements.
The Act of 1842 also authorised the appointment of an Acting Conservator, to work on behalf of the Commissioners but with powers to act in many instances without reference to them and, in effect, acting as impartial arbitrator between the various bodies with interests in the Mersey. It has usually been the practice to appoint to the office retired high ranking Royal Naval officers with experience in hydrography.
The powers and duties of the Commissioners were transferred to the Minister of Transport by the Ministry of Transport Act 1919.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11124/
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