Record revealed
Three wooden wheel models used as court exhibits
These Victorian railway wheel models demonstrate the diverse, and often unexpected, character of exhibits preserved in court records at The National Archives.
Series
Disley and Hayfield Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 158
What's it about?
RAIL 158
This series documents the establishment and administration of the Disley and Hayfield Railway Company.Documents consist of minutes of the Directors
Full description and record details
-
Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 158
-
Title (The name of the record)
- Disley and Hayfield Railway Company
-
Date (When the record was created)
- 1860-1861
-
Description (What the record is about)
-
This series documents the establishment and administration of the Disley and Hayfield Railway Company.
Documents consist of minutes of the Directors
-
Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
-
Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- DHD
-
Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
-
Language (The language of the record)
- English
-
Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Disley and Hayfield Railway Company, 1860-1861
-
Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 volume(s)
-
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))
-
- Topics
- Railways
-
Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
-
The Disley and Hayfield Railway Company was incorporated under act of 3rd July 1860.
Since the company was unable to complete railway and was compelled to abandon undertaking, London & North Western Railway Act of 6th August 1880 gave authority for High Court of Justice to repay money paid into Chancery (See preamble to and Section 50 of last mentioned act.)
-
Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12346/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
218,721 records
Within the department: RAIL
Records of the pre-nationalisation railway companies, pre-nationalisation canal and...
You are currently looking at the series: RAIL 158
Disley and Hayfield Railway Company
You may be interested in
-
-
Record revealed
Accident register for the North Eastern Railway Company
These record books reveal the substantial dangers to passengers – and for those operating trains – in the first decades that public railways existed.
Related records
Records that share similar topics with this record.