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Axholme Joint Railway Committee (North Eastern and Lancashire and Yorkshire Railways)
Catalogue reference: RAIL 13
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RAIL 13
This series documents the establishment and administration of the Axholme Joint Railway Committee, the running of the Goole and Marshland Light Railway Company and the Isle of Axholme Light Railway Company, and the construction of relevant...
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RAIL 13
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Title (The name of the record)
- Axholme Joint Railway Committee (North Eastern and Lancashire and Yorkshire Railways)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1899-1946
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series documents the establishment and administration of the Axholme Joint Railway Committee, the running of the Goole and Marshland Light Railway Company and the Isle of Axholme Light Railway Company, and the construction of relevant railway track and associated structures.
Records include Joint Committee and Officers Committee minutes, stock and share registers and plans.
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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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AXJ
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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)
- Axholme Joint Railway Committee (North Eastern and Lancashire and Yorkshire Railways), 1902-1947
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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12 rolls and volumes
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- Topics
- Railways
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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 Axholme Joint Railway Committee was established by the North Eastern Railway Act of 31st July 1902. The committee was responsible for the Goole and Marshland Light Railway Company and the Axholme Light Railway Company, both of which had been incorporated under the Light Railways Act of 1896 and 1898, confirmed by Order of the Light Railway Commissioners and by the Board of Trade, on 11th March and 17th August 1898 respectively.
By the act of 1902, these companies were dissolved, transferred to and vested in the North Eastern and Lancashire & Yorkshire railway companies jointly, 3 directors from each of these two companies to form a Joint Committee for the management of the joint undertaking.
The Axholme Joint Railway Committee was vested in the British Transport Commission under Transport Act 1947.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12201/
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