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Peak Forest Canal Company

Catalogue reference: RAIL 856

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RAIL 856

Minutes of the Peak Forest Canal Company. Records within this series are available to download as digital microfilm .

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Reference
RAIL 856
Title
Peak Forest Canal Company
Date
1794-1845
Description

Minutes of the Peak Forest Canal Company.

Records within this series are available to download as digital microfilm .

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
PFC.
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
Peak Forest Canal Company, 1794-1883
Physical description
8 volume(s)
Access conditions
Available in digital format only
Subjects
Topics
Canals and river transport
Administrative / biographical background

Incorporated by act of 28th March 1794 (34 Geo III, cap.26) as "Company of Proprietors of Peak Forest Canal".

Company was leased in perpetuity to Sheffield, Ashton under Lyne and Manchester Railway under act of 27th July 1846, and by act of 2nd August 1883, Section 48, company was dissolved and vested in Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company whose name was changed in 1897 to Great Central Railway Company which became amalgamated with companies forming London and North Eastern Railway Company as from 1st January 1923.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13044/

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