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Pontop and South Shields Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 569
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RAIL 569
Deeds, agreements, contracts, specifications, estimates and plans, miscellaneous books and records of the Pontop and South Shields Railway 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 569
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Title (The name of the record)
- Pontop and South Shields Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
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1833-1861
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Description (What the record is about)
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Deeds, agreements, contracts, specifications, estimates and plans, miscellaneous books and records of the Pontop and South Shields 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)
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PSS
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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)
- Pontop and South Shields Railway Company, 1842-1846
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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6 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 by act of 23rd May 1842 (5 & 6 Vic, cap.27). This company was formed in 1831 as Stanhope and Tyne Railroad and to avoid capital outlay arranged to pay wayleaves to various landowners over whose land line ran. In 1841, company was reconstructed and later incorporated as mentioned above. Pontop and South Shields Railway Company was acquired by Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway Company by act of 3rd August 1846, by which time latter company had changed its name to York and Newcastle Railway (later changed to York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway Company). See history of Stanhope and Tyne Railroad for subsequent history of company.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12757/
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