Series
Dover Harbour Board
Catalogue reference: RAIL 821
Date: 1897-1933
Minutes and plans of the Dover Harbour Board.
Series
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 .
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 856
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Title (The name of the record)
- Peak Forest Canal Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1794-1845
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes of the Peak Forest Canal Company.
Records within this series are available to download as digital microfilm .
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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)
- PFC.
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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)
- Peak Forest Canal Company, 1794-1883
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 8 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Available in digital format only
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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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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.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13044/
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Peak Forest Canal Company
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