Series
Porthcawl Harbour Committee
Catalogue reference: RAIL 859
Date: 1864-1867
Miscellaneous books and records and minutes of the Porthcawl Harbour Committee
Series
Droitwich Canal Navigation Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 822
What's it about?
RAIL 822
Minutes of the Droitwich Canal Navigation Company.
Full description and record details
-
Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 822
-
Title (The name of the record)
- Droitwich Canal Navigation Company
-
Date (When the record was created)
- 1768-1836
-
Description (What the record is about)
-
Minutes of the Droitwich Canal Navigation Company.
-
Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
-
Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- DRC.
-
Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
-
Language (The language of the record)
- English
-
Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Droitwich Canal Navigation Company, 1768-1874
-
Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 volume(s)
-
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))
-
- Topics
- Canals and river transport
-
Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
-
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.
-
Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13010/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
218,720 records
You are currently looking at the series: RAIL 822
Droitwich Canal Navigation Company
Related records
Records that share similar topics with this record.