Series
Witham Navigation Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 885
Date: 1762-1867
Minutes of the Witham Navigation Company.
Series
Grand Junction Canal Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 830
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RAIL 830
Miscellaneous records of the Grand Junction Canal Company.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 830
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Title (The name of the record)
- Grand Junction Canal Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1793-1928
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Description (What the record is about)
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Miscellaneous records of the Grand Junction Canal Company.
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Further papers of the Grand Junction [Canal] Company are in
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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)
- GJC.
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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)
- Grand Junction Canal Company, 1793-1929
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 103 files and volumes
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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 30th April 1793 (33 Geo III, cap.80), forming "Company of Proprietors of Grand Junction Canal". Registered 1845, under Joint Stock companies Act 1844.
Various Acts passed, dealing with raising of capital and levying of rates and charges. Acquired undertakings of Grand Union Canal Company, and Leicestershire and Northamptonshire Union Canal Company, in 1894.
Canal undertaking was sold, as from 1st January 1929, to newly incorporated Grand Union Canal Company, other part of undertaking remaining as separate Company by name Grand Junction Company Limited.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13018/
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Grand Junction Canal Company
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