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Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal Navigation Company

Catalogue reference: RAIL 836

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RAIL 836

Miscellaneous books and records, stock and share registers and minutes of the Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal Navigation Company.

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Reference

RAIL 836

Title
Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal Navigation Company
Date

1791-1949

Description

Miscellaneous books and records, stock and share registers and minutes of the Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal Navigation Company.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

HGN.

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal Navigation Company, 1791-1870
Physical description

47 files and volumes

Subjects
Topics
Canals and river transport
Administrative / biographical background

First Act obtained 11th April 1791 (31 Geo III, cap.89) forming "Company of Proprietors of Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal Navigations".

Undertaking of canal company was vested in Great Western Railway Company in 1870 by virture of Great Western Railway (Hereford and Gloucester Canal Vesting) Act 1870, for Rent Charge of £5000 per annum payable half-yearly.

Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal Company was not dissolved thereby, Rent Charge being payable to Canal Company and distributed by it among its share and stock holders. 1870 Act provided that "Canal Company shall only exist for purpose of receiving and distributing Canal Rent Charge".

Canal Company passed into British Transport Commission by virture of Transport Act 1947.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13024/

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