Series
Witham Navigation Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 885
Date: 1762-1867
Minutes of the Witham Navigation Company.
Series
Droitwich Canal Navigation Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 822
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RAIL 822
Minutes of the Droitwich Canal Navigation Company.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 822
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Title (The name of the record)
- Droitwich Canal Navigation Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1768-1836
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes of the Droitwich Canal Navigation 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)
- DRC.
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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)
- Droitwich Canal Navigation Company, 1768-1874
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 volume(s)
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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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First act obtained 29th January 1768 (8 Geo III, cap.37) forming "Company of Proprietors of Droitwich Canal Navigation".
Leased in 1874 to Sharpness New Docks and Gloucester and Birmingham Navigation for 999 years at annual rental which sufficed for payment of dividends.
On 25th September 1939, Sharpness Docks Perpetual Annuities of Sharpness New Docks and Gloucester and Birmingham Navigation Company were issued to shareholders in exchange for their holdings.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13010/
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