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Macclesfield and Knutsford Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 447
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RAIL 447
Minutes of the Macclesfield and Knutsford 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 447
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Title (The name of the record)
- Macclesfield and Knutsford Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1864-1873
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes of the Macclesfield and Knutsford 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)
- MKW
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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)
- Macclesfield Knutsford and Warrington Railway Company, 1866-1874
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 volume(s)
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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 under Act 29 and 30 Vic, cap.159 (28th June 1866) as Macclesfield Knutsford and Warrington Railway Company. Company applied to Parliament for revival and extension of powers, and their Act received Royal Assent on 16th June 1871, name of the company now being Macclesfield and Knutsford Railway Company.
Under Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Act of 16th July 1874, Macclesfield and Knutsford Railway Company was dissolved and its powers vested in Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company. This latter Company was re-incorporated under Consolidating Act of 1st August 1849, and by Great Central Railway Act of 3rd June 1897, name of Company was changed to Great Central Railway Company as from 1st August 1897. Great Central Railway Company was vested in London and North Eastern Railway Company as from 1st January 1923 by virtue of 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/C12635/
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