Series
Dover Harbour Board
Catalogue reference: RAIL 821
Date: 1897-1933
Minutes and plans of the Dover Harbour Board.
Series
Grimsby Dock Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 834
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RAIL 834
Miscellaneous books and records and minutes of the Grimsby Dock Company.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 834
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Title (The name of the record)
- Grimsby Dock Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1845-1850
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Description (What the record is about)
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Miscellaneous books and records and minutes of the Grimsby Dock 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)
- GDC.
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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)
- Grimsby Dock Company, 1845-1846
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 8 volume(s)
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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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By Grimsby Docks Act 1845 (8 & 9 Vic, cap.202), Grimsby Haven Company, which had been incorporated in 1796, was dissolved and its undertaking transferred to and vested in Grimsby Dock Company. Under act of 1846 (9 & 10 Vic, cap.268), Grimsby Dock Company, Sheffield Ashton under Lyne and Manchester Railway Company; Great Grimsby & Sheffield Junction Railway Company; Sheffield & Lincolnshire Junction Railway Company; and Sheffield & Lincolnshire Extension Railway Company were amalgamated to form Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway Company.
By act of 9th July 1847, Manchester & Lincoln Union Railway Company, and Chesterfield & Gainsborough Canal Company were united with Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway Company.
Latter company was re-incorporated under Consolidating Act of 1st August 1849 and, by Great Central Railway Act of 3rd June 1897, name of company was changed (as from 1st August 1897) to Great Central Railway Company. Great Central Railway Company was vested in London & North Eastern Railway Company from 1st January 1923 by virtue of North Eastern, Eastern & Scottish Group Amalgamation Scheme 1922 dated 30th December 1922.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13022/
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Grimsby Dock Company
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