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York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 772
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RAIL 772
This series contains various minutes and reports, including Board minutes, stock and share registers, deeds, agreements, contracts, specifications, estimates and plans, petitions and memorials to the Directors, staff records, accountants'...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 772
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Title (The name of the record)
- York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1823-1922
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains various minutes and reports, including Board minutes, stock and share registers, deeds, agreements, contracts, specifications, estimates and plans, petitions and memorials to the Directors, staff records, accountants' records, together with miscellaneous books and records, and some correspondence.
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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)
- YNB
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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)
- York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway Company, 1847-1854
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 155 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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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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Under act of 18th June 1842 (5 & 6 Vic, cap.80), Newcastle & Darlington Junction Railway Company was incorporated and under act of 27th July 1846 (9 & 10 Vic, cap.242), name of company was changed to York & Newcastle Railway Company. By virtue of act of 31st July 1845 (8 & 9 Vic, cap.163) the Newcastle & Berwick Railway Company was incorporated.
Under act of 9th August 1847 (10 & 11 Vic, cap.133) the Newcastle & Berwick Railway Company was dissolved and undertaking and that of York & Newcastle Railway Company were amalgamated into one company, York & Newcastle Railway Company, and thereupon name of York & Newcastle Railway Company was changed to York, Newcastle & Berwick Railway Company.
Under North-eastern Railway Company's Act of 31st July 1854 (17 & 18 Vic, cap.211), companies known as York & North Midland Railway, and Leeds Northern Railway, were dissolved and vested in York, Newcastle & Berwick Railway Company, thenceforth called North-eastern Railway Company, later known as North Eastern Railway Company.
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 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/C12960/
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