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Series
Clarence Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 117
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RAIL 117
This series consists of miscellaneous records of the Clarence Railway Company.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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RAIL 117
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Title (The name of the record)
- Clarence Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
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1828-1854
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of miscellaneous records of the Clarence Railway 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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CLA
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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)
- Clarence Railway Company, 1828-1853
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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28 files and volumes
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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
- 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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Incorporated under an act of 1828 (9 Geo 4, cap.61) and leased to Stockton & Hartlepool Railway Company for 21 years from 1st September 1844 under an act of 1843 (7 Vic, cap.46). This lease was altered to one in perpetuity to that Company as from 1st January 1851 under powers conferred by an act of 1843.
Under an act of 30th June 1852 (16 Vic, cap.142), Stockton & Hartlepool Railway Company and Hartlepool West Harbour & Dock Company amalgamated to form West Hartlepool Harbour & Railway Company. The new company purchased Clarence Railway Company which became vested in West Hartlepool Harbour & Railway Company, the three companies not being actually merged into one until 17th May 1853.
West Hartlepool Harbour & Railway Company amalgamated with North Eastern Railway Company as from 30th June 1865 under an act of 1865 (28 & 29 Vic, cap.368).
North Eastern Railway Company, with Hull & Barnsley Railway Company, and Hull Joint Dock Committee, was dissolved and united into one company named North Eastern Railway Company as from 1st April 1922. This North Eastern Railway Company became part of London & North Eastern Railway Company as from 1st January 1923 under North Eastern, Eastern and East Scottish Group Amalgamation Scheme 1922 dated 30th December 1922.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12305/
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