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Stockton and Hartlepool Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 668
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RAIL 668
Minutes and reports, miscellaneous books and records of the Stockton and Hartlepool Railway Company.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 668
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Title (The name of the record)
- Stockton and Hartlepool Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1837-1859
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes and reports, miscellaneous books and records of the Stockton and Hartlepool 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)
- STH
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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)
- Stockton and Hartlepool Railway Company, 1842-1852
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 26 bundles and volumes
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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 5 & 6 Vic, cap.90 (June 1842) though it had been formed in 1839 by proprietors associated under deed of settlement, and opened in 1841 without parliamentary sanction. Under act of 30th June 1852 (16 Vic, cap.142), Hartlepool West Harbour & Dock Company and Stockton & Hartlepool Railway Company were amalgamated to form West Hartlepool Harbour & Railway Company. New company purchased Clarence Railway Company which became vested in West Hartlepool Harbour & Railway Company, three companies not being actually merged into one until 17th May 1853.
West Hartlepool Harbour & Railway Company was amalgamated with North Eastern Railway Company as from 30th June 1865 under act of 1865 (28 & 29 Vic, cap.368). North Eastern Railway Company, Hull & Barnsley Railway Company, and Hull Joint Dock Committee were dissolved and united into one company by name North Eastern Railway Company as from 1st April 1922 by virtue of North Eastern and Hull & Barnsley railway companies Amalgamation Scheme 1922 dated 1st April 1922. This North Eastern Railway Company became part of 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.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12856/
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