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East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 169
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RAIL 169
This series details the establishment and administration of the East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway Company.Documents include minutes of meetings and various miscellaneous records such as cash and letter books and details of station traffic.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 169
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Title (The name of the record)
- East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1845-1857
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series details the establishment and administration of the East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway Company.
Documents include minutes of meetings and various miscellaneous records such as cash and letter books and details of station traffic.
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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)
- EWYJ
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway Company, 1846-1852
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 13 bundles, files 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 East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway Company was incorporated under act of 16th July 1846 (9 & 10 Vic, cap.164). The undertaking came into possession of the York and North Midland Railway Company under a working contract for 99 years and was amalgamated with that company under act of 28th May 1852 (15 Vic, cap.57).
Under act of 31st July 1854 (17 & 18 Vic, cap.211), York and North Midland Railway, and Leeds Northern Railway Company were dissolved and vested in York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway Company, thenceforth called North-eastern Railway Company, later known as North Eastern Railway Company.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12357/
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