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Newcastle and Berwick Railway Company

Catalogue reference: RAIL 506

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RAIL 506

Minutes, reports, deeds, contracts, agreements, specifications, estimates, plans etc. of the Newcastle and Berwick Railway Company.

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RAIL 506

Title
Newcastle and Berwick Railway Company
Date

1844-1847

Description

Minutes, reports, deeds, contracts, agreements, specifications, estimates, plans etc. of the Newcastle and Berwick Railway Company.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

Former BTHR reference NEB.

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
Newcastle and Berwick Railway Company, 1845-1847
Physical description

10 rolls and volumes

Subjects
Topics
Railways
Administrative / biographical background

Incorporated under act of 31st July 1845 (8 & 9 Vic, cap.163).

Under act of 9th August 1847 (10 & 11 Vic, cap.133) the Newcastle & Berwick Railway Company was dissolved and the undertaking and that of the York & Newcastle Railway Company were amalgamated into one company, the York & Newcastle Railway Company, and thereupon the name of York & Newcastle Railway Company was changed to the York, Newcastle & Berwick Railway Company.

Under the North-eastern Railway Company's Act of 31st July 1854 (17 & 18 Vic, cap.211) the companies known as the York & North Midland Railway Company and the Leeds Northern Railway Company were dissolved and vested in the York, Newcastle & Berwick Railway Company thenceforth called the North-eastern Railway Company, later known as the North Eastern Railway Company.

The North Eastern Railway Company, the Hull & Barnsley Railway Company, and the Hull Joint Dock Committee were dissolved and united into one company by the name of the North Eastern Railway Company as from 1st April 1922 by virtue of the North Eastern, and Hull & Barnsley railway companies Amalgamation Scheme 1922 dated 1st April 1922. This North Eastern Railway Company became part of the London & North Eastern Railway Company as from 1st January 1923 under the North Eastern, Eastern and East Scottish Group Amalgamation Scheme 1922 dated 30th December 1922.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12694/

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