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Nottingham and Grantham Railway and Canal Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 545
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RAIL 545
Stock and share registers, accountant's records and minutes of the Nottingham and Grantham Railway and Canal Company.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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RAIL 545
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Title (The name of the record)
- Nottingham and Grantham Railway and Canal Company
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Date (When the record was created)
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1860-1923
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Description (What the record is about)
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Stock and share registers, accountant's records and minutes of the Nottingham and Grantham Railway and Canal Company.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Other records of the Nottingham and Grantham Railway and Canal Company are in: RAIL 8
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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)
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NOG
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Nottingham and Grantham Railway and Canal Company, 1846-1923
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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27 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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Originally incorporated under Ambergate Nottingham and Boston and Eastern Junction Railway Company Act of 16th July 1846 as "Ambergate Nottingham and Boston and Eastern Junction Railway Company".
When complicated question of acquisition of Grantham Canal Company and Nottingham Canal Company (outlined in Introductory note to Nottingham Canal Company list) had been completed, name of Ambergate Nottingham and Boston and Eastern Junction Railway Company was changed to Ambergate Nottingham and Boston and Eastern Junction Railway and Canal Company, but by Nottingham and Grantham Railway and Canal Act of 15th May 1860, name was further changed to Nottingham and Grantham Railway and Canal Company.
By Great Northern and Ambergate companies (Working Arrangements) Act 1854 (called the company's third Act 1854), lease of undertaking to Great Northern Railway Company was authorised and this took effect for 999 years from 1st August 1861.
Under terms of London and North Eastern Railway Absorption (No.1) Scheme 29th June 1923, Nottingham and Grantham Railway and Canal Company was vested in London and North Eastern Railway Company as from 1st January 1923.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12733/
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Nottingham and Grantham Railway and Canal Company
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