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Warrington and Stockport Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 710
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RAIL 710
Deeds, agreements, contracts, specifications, estimates, plans of the Warrington and Stockport Railway Company.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 710
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Title (The name of the record)
- Warrington and Stockport Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1852-1860
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Description (What the record is about)
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Deeds, agreements, contracts, specifications, estimates, plans of the Warrington and Stockport 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)
- WAS
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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)
- Warrington and Stockport Railway Company, 1853-1867
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 14 files and rolls
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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 as Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway Company under Act 14 & 15 Vic, cap.71, dated 3rd July 1851. By act of 4th August 1853, name of company was changed to Warrington and Stockport Railway. Line was leased for 999 years to London and North Western and St. Helens Canal and railway companies by act of 13th August 1859, with option (if St. Helens Company agreed) for London and North Western Company to purchase. This option was exercised in December 1860 (See LNW 3/74). London and North Western Railway Company was vested in London Midland and Scottish Railway Company as from 1st January 1923 under North Western, Midland and West Scottish Group Amalgamation Scheme dated 30th December 1922.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12898/
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