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London and Blackwall Railway Company (formerly Commercial)
Catalogue reference: RAIL 385
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RAIL 385
This series consists of records of the London and Blackwall Railway Company (formerly Commercial).This series also contains some correspondence and papers of the East and West India Dock Company, 1825 to 1849, presented privately in 1979. These...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 385
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Title (The name of the record)
- London and Blackwall Railway Company (formerly Commercial)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1825-1923
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of records of the London and Blackwall Railway Company (formerly Commercial).
This series also contains some correspondence and papers of the East and West India Dock Company, 1825 to 1849, presented privately in 1979. These concern the development of the London and Blackwall railway and include a few letters and reports of Sir John Rennie and George and Robert Stephenson.
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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)
- LBW.
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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)
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- Commercial Railway Company, 1836-1839
- London and Blackwall Railway Company, 1839-1923
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 76 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
- Trade and commerce
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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 28th July 1836 as the Commercial Railway Company and the name changed to London & Blackwall Railway Company under act of 17th August 1839.
Under act of June 1865, 28 Vic cap.100, the undertaking was leased to the Great Eastern Railway Company for 999 years as from 1st January 1866.
The London & Blackwall Railway was transferred to and vested in the London & North Eastern Railway Company from 1st January 1923 under the London & North Eastern Railway Absorption (No. 1) Scheme 1923 dated 29th June 1923.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12573/
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