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Leicester and Northamptonshire Union Canal Company

Catalogue reference: RAIL 847

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RAIL 847

Minutes of the Leicester and Northamptonshire Union Canal Company.

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RAIL 847

Title
Leicester and Northamptonshire Union Canal Company
Date

1792-1894

Description

Minutes of the Leicester and Northamptonshire Union Canal Company.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

LNC.

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
Leicester and Northamptonshire Union Canal Company, 1793-1894
Physical description

11 volume(s)

Subjects
Topics
Canals and river transport
Administrative / biographical background

First Act obtained 30th April 1793 (33 Geo III, cap.98) forming "Company of Proprietors of Leicester and Northamptonshire Union Canal". Canal is referred to in Bradshaw's "Canals and Navigable Rivers of England and Wales" as "Old Union Canal alias Leicester and Northamptonshire Union Canal". In 1894 it was purchased together with Grand Union Canal by Grand Junction Canal.

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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13035/

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