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Coventry Canal Navigation Company

Catalogue reference: RAIL 818

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RAIL 818

Miscellaneous books and records, stock and share registers, minutes and reports of the Coventry Canal Navigation Company.

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Reference
RAIL 818
Title
Coventry Canal Navigation Company
Date
1767-1948
Description

Miscellaneous books and records, stock and share registers, minutes and reports of the Coventry Canal Navigation Company.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
CVC.
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
Coventry Canal Navigation Company, 1768-1947
Physical description
280 volume(s)
Subjects
Topics
Canals and river transport
Administrative / biographical background

First act obtained 29th January 1768 (8 Geo III, cap.36) forming "Company of Proprietors of Coventry Canal Navigation".

Company passed into British Transport Commission by virtue of Part 2 of Schedule of Transport Act 1947.

Publication note(s)
For further information see, inter alia:- Bradshaw's Manual 1923 Bradshaw's "Canals and Navigable Rivers of England and Wales" Priestley's "Navigable Rivers, Canals and Railways" Stock Exchange Official Year Book
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13006/

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