Series
Witham Navigation Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 885
Date: 1762-1867
Minutes of the Witham Navigation Company.
Series
Cromford Canal Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 819
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RAIL 819
Miscellaneous books and records, minutes of the Cromford Canal Company. Records within this series are available to download as digital microfilm .
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 819
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Title (The name of the record)
- Cromford Canal Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1789-1852
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Description (What the record is about)
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Miscellaneous books and records, minutes of the Cromford Canal Company.
Records within this series are available to download as digital microfilm .
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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)
- CRC.
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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)
- Cromford Canal Company, 1789-1846
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 4 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Available in digital format only
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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
- Canals and river transport
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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 "Cromford Canal Company" under act of 31st July 1789 (29 Geo III, cap.74).
Canal was purchased by Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midland Junction Railway under powers of their act of incorporation dated 16th July 1846. By Cromford Canal Sale Act 9 & 10 Vic, cap.290 (1846) and Cromford Canal Sale Act of 1st August 1851, company entered into possession of canal on 30th August 1852.
The Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midland Junction Railway Company was vested as and from 1st July 1871 in Midland Railway Company by virtue of Section 44 of Midland Railway (Additional Powers) Act 1870.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13007/
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Cromford Canal Company
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