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Series
East Lancashire Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 176
What's it about?
RAIL 176
This series documents the establishment and administration of the East Lancashire Railway Company.The documents include minutes of proprietors', directors' and committee meetings, plans and other records of the construction of the line.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 176
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Title (The name of the record)
- East Lancashire Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1843-1859
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series documents the establishment and administration of the East Lancashire Railway Company.
The documents include minutes of proprietors', directors' and committee meetings, plans and other records of the construction of the line.
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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)
- ELA
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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 Lancashire Railway Company, 1845-1859
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 85 rolls 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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The Manchester Bury and Rossendale Railway Company was incorporated under Manchester Bury & Rossendale Railway Act, 4th July 1844. Blackburn, Burnley, Accrington & Colne Extension Railway Company was incorporated under East Lancashire Railway Act of 30th June 1845, with provision, in section 39, for Manchester Bury & Rossendale Railway Company to purchase undertaking. Section 40 provided that upon uniting of these two companies, company name was to be East Lancashire Railway Company. The East Lancashire Deviation and Branch Railways Act, 27th July 1846, recites in its preamble that above mentioned union and consolidation had taken place.
Under Lancashire & Yorkshire and East Lancashire Railways Amalgamation Act, 13th August 1859, East Lancashire Railway Company was dissolved and vested in Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Company.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12364/
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East Lancashire Railway Company
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