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Seacombe, Hoylake and Deerside Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 599
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RAIL 599
Minutes of the Seacombe, Hoylake and Deerside Railway Company.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 599
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Title (The name of the record)
- Seacombe, Hoylake and Deerside Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1874-1891
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes of the Seacombe, Hoylake and Deerside 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)
- SHD
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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)
- Seacombe, Hoylake and Deerside Railway Company, 1881-1891
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 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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Hoylake Railway Company was incorporated by act of 28th July 1863. Under Hoylake & Birkenhead Railway & Tramways Act 18th July 1872, Hoylake & Birkenhead Tramway Company Limited, which had been incorporated under companies Act 1862, was dissolved and incorporated under this 1872 Act as Hoylake & Birkenhead Rail & Tramway Company, with authority to purchase Hoylake Railway Company, which authority was duly exercised.
Under Seacombe, Hoylake & Dee Side Railway Act 18th July 1881, name of Hoylake & Birkenhead Rail & Tramway Company was changed to Seacombe, Hoylake & Dee Side Railway Company.
By Board of Trade certificate dated 13th June 1883, granted under Railways Construction Facilities Act 1864 and Railways (Powers & Construction) Act 1864 Amendment Act 1870, Wirral Railway Company was incorporated.
Under Wirral Railway (Amalgamation) Act 11th June 1891, Wirral Railway Company and Seacombe, Hoylake & Dee Side Railway Company were dissolved as from 1st July 1891 and united and incorporated as a new company under name of Wirral Railway Company.
Wirral Railway Company was vested in London Midland & Scottish Railway Company as from 1st July 1923 under London Midland & Scottish Railway Absorption (No. 1) Scheme 1923 dated 14th July 1923.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12787/
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