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Series
Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway Company: Records
Catalogue reference: RAIL 347
What's it about?
RAIL 347
This series consists of minutes, plans and other records of the Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway Company.
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 347
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Title (The name of the record)
- Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway Company: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1836-1859
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of minutes, plans and other records of the Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway Company.
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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)
- LPJ
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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)
- Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway Company, 1837-1839
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 10 rolls and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 1972-2003 British Railways Board
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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)
- Series is not accruing
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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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Incorporated under act of 5th May 1837. By act of 3rd April 1843 power was given to lease company to Company of Proprietors of Lancaster Canal Navigation, but this was not executed; Act of 1st August 1849 recited that Lancaster Canal Navigation had been in actual possession of Lancaster & Preston Junction Railway Company as from 1st September 1842 under agreement, and that dispute existed as to rights of canal company to have lease under said Agreement. This Act of 1849 then provided for management and control of Lancaster & Preston Junction Railway Company to be relinquished by that Company and transferred to Lancaster & Carlisle Railway Company.
Under Lancaster & Carlisle Railway Act of 13th August 1859, provision was made for amalgamation of Kendal & Windermere Railway Company and Lancaster & Preston Junction Railway Company with Lancaster & Carlisle Railway Company and for London & North Western Railway Company to appoint Directors (see Section 49).
Under London & North Western Railway (Additional Powers) Act 21st July 1879 (Section 40), Lancaster & Carlisle Railway Company was dissolved and its powers transferred to and vested in London & North Western Railway Company. London & North Western Railway Company was vested in London Midland & Scottish Railway Company under North Western, Midland & West Scottish Group Amalgamation Scheme 1922 dated 30th December 1922.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12535/
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