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Series
Leeds Northern Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 357
What's it about?
RAIL 357
This series consists of proprietors' and directors' minutes of the Leeds Northern 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 357
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Title (The name of the record)
- Leeds Northern Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1844-1858
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of proprietors' and directors' minutes of the Leeds Northern 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)
- LNO
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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)
- Leeds Northern Railway Company, 1845-1854
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 78 files 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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Incorporated as Leeds and Thirsk Railway Company under act of 21st July 1845 (8 & 9 Vic, cap.163). Name of company was changed to Leeds Northern Railway Company as from 8th August 1851 under Act 14 & 15 Vic, cap.47.
Under North-eastern Railway Company Act of 31st July 1854 (17 & 18 Vic, cap.211), Leeds Northern Railway, and York and North Midland railway companies were dissolved and vested in York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway Company thenceforth called North-eastern Railway Company, later known as North Eastern Railway Company.
North Eastern Railway Company, Hull and Barnsley Railway Company, and Hull Joint Dock Committee were dissolved and united into one company by name of North Eastern Railway Company as from 1st April 1922 by virtue of North Eastern, and Hull and Barnsley railway companies Amalgamation Scheme 1922 dated 1st April 1922. This North Eastern Railway Company became part of London and North Eastern Railway Company as from 1st January 1923 under North Eastern, Eastern, and East Scottish Group Amalgamation Scheme 1922 dated 30th December 1922.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12545/
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