Series
Witham Navigation Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 885
Date: 1762-1867
Minutes of the Witham Navigation Company.
Series
Leeds and Liverpool Canal Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 846
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RAIL 846
Minutes etc of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal Company.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 846
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Title (The name of the record)
- Leeds and Liverpool Canal Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1766-1948
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes etc of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal 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)
- LLC.
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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)
- Leeds and Liverpool Canal Company, 1770-1947
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 127 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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Incorporated by Act of 19th May 1770 (10 Geo III, cap.114) by which undertakes became a body corporate by name, "Company of Proprietors of Canal Navigation from Leeds to Liverpool". An Act had been passed, dated 7th April 1720, by which William Squire and Thomas Steeres were nominated and appointed undertakers to make River Douglas alias Asland, navigable, and by act of 1770, Leeds and Liverpool Canal Company were authorised to make canal from Leeds and Liverpool Canal to Douglas Navigation. By act of 24th June 1753 Douglas Navigation became incorporated with Leeds and Liverpool Canal Company.
Leeds and Liverpool Canal Company passed to British Transport Commission by Virtue of Transport Act 1947.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13034/
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