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Series
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company: Records
Catalogue reference: RAIL 343
What's it about?
RAIL 343
This series contains minutes of meetings of the proprietors and directors of the Manchester and Leeds Railway and of its successor, the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, and of various boards and committees, including the Finance, Traffic,...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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RAIL 343
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Title (The name of the record)
- Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
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1847-1904
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains minutes of meetings of the proprietors and directors of the Manchester and Leeds Railway and of its successor, the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, and of various boards and committees, including the Finance, Traffic, Executive and Land and Construction Committees. Also included are stocks and share registers, deeds, agreements, contracts, specifications, estimates, plans, drawings, photograph albums and lithographs, including those of the Manchester and Leeds Railway drawn by A F Tait and used in Butterworth's history of the line, and books of agreement with other railway companies. There are locomotive and rolling stock records, half-yearly statements, correspondence, drawings and diagrams from the Horwich locomotive works, and registers of privately owned wagons. The series also contains reports on bills deposited in Parliament, staff records, including pay lists, and company publications, as well as the civil engineer's costs and works ledgers and records of the company's marine activities, including steamship specifications and other historical details.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, 1847-1922
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1037 files, rolls and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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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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from 2002 Department for Transport
from 1988 BRB (Residuary) Ltd
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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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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An amalgamation of various companies by Act 6 & 7 William 4, 1836, into Manchester & Leeds Railway Company (see preamble to Manchester & Leeds Railway Act No 3 of 9 July 1847), which name was changed by act of 9 July 1847 to Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Company.
Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Company was amalgamated with London & North Western Railway Company from 1 January 1922 under Amalgamation scheme dated 20 December 1921.
London & North Western Railway Company became vested in London Midland and Scottish Railway Company from 1 January 1923 under North Western Midland and West Scottish Amalgamation Scheme dated 30 December 1922.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12531/
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