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Fleetwood, Preston and West Riding Junction Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 207
What's it about?
RAIL 207
This series documents the establishment and administration of the Fleetwood, Preston and West Riding Junction Railway Company.Documents consist of minutes of Directors and Proprietors meetings.
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 207
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Title (The name of the record)
- Fleetwood, Preston and West Riding Junction Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1846-1868
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series documents the establishment and administration of the Fleetwood, Preston and West Riding Junction Railway Company.
Documents consist of minutes of Directors and Proprietors meetings.
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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)
- FPW
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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)
- Fleetwood, Preston and West Riding Junction Railway Company, 1846-1867
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 2 volume(s)
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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 Fleetwood, Preston and West Riding Junction Railway Company was incorporated under act of 27th July 1846.
Under Section 51 power was given to lease or sell undertaking to Preston & Wyre Railway Harbour & Dock Company and under Section 55 (as soon as conveyance of whole undertakings was completed) Company was to be wound up and dissolved. By Fleetwood, Preston & West Riding Junction Railway Act of 23rd June 1856, 1846 Act was repealed, but Company continued incorporated by same name, and Sections 51 and 55 relating to lease or sale of undertaking to Preston & Wyre Railway Harbour & Dock Company and to dissolution, were re-enacted by section 44 of 1856 Act.
Under London & North Western and Lancashire & Yorkshire railway companies (Fleetwood, Preston & West Riding Junction Railway Vesting) Act 17th June 1867, Fleetwood, Preston & West Riding Junction Railway Company was absolutely vested in London & North Western and Lancashire & Yorkshire railway companies jointly and Fleetwood, Preston & West Riding Junction Railway Company was dissolved in accordance with terms of Section 11.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12395/
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Fleetwood, Preston and West Riding Junction Railway Company
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