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Series
East London Railway Company: Records
Catalogue reference: RAIL 178
What's it about?
RAIL 178
This series details the establishment and administration of the East London Railway Company.Documents include minutes, stock and share registers as well as miscellaneous books and records.
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 178
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Title (The name of the record)
- East London Railway Company: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1865-1925
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series details the establishment and administration of the East London Railway Company.
Documents include minutes, stock and share registers as well as miscellaneous books and records.
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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)
- ELR
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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 London Railway Company, 1865-1925
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 89 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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BRB (Residuary) Ltd , from , in 2002
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No further accruals expected
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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 London Railway Company was incorporated under act of 26th May 1865.
Under East London Railway Act 10th August 1882, East London Railway Company was authorised to construct new railway at Whitechapel for connecting its system with those of Metropolitan, and Metropolitan District railway companies. On completion of line, East London Railway Company was to grant leases in perpetuity of their undertaking to London, Brighton & South Coast; South Eastern; London, Chatham & Dover; Metropolitan; and Metropolitan District railway companies.
Under Sections 45 & 46 of act, East London Railway was to be maintained and manned by Brighton Company on behalf of a joint committee formed of two representatives appointed by East London (and other railway companies above mentioned) for purposes of managing and controlling East London Railway.
First meeting of Joint Committee, as such, appears to be that of 1st October 1884 on which date first trains commenced to run, though only empty as an experiment until Monday, 6th October 1884, when Inner Circle and Whitechapel Extension would be opened for conveyance of passengers.
East London Railway Company was transferred to and vested in Southern Railway under Section 46 of Southern Railway Act of 1925, but sections 56 and 57 contain provisions as to lease of line to Southern; Metropolitan; Metropolitan District; and London & North Eastern railway companies. This joint committee passed to British Transport Commission under Transport Act 1947.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12366/
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