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Pocklington Canal Company

Catalogue reference: RAIL 858

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RAIL 858

Miscellaneous records of the Pocklington Canal Company.

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Reference
RAIL 858
Title
Pocklington Canal Company
Date
1801-1863
Description

Miscellaneous records of the Pocklington Canal Company.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
POC.
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
Pocklington Canal Company, 1815-1854
Physical description
14 files and volumes
Subjects
Topics
Canals and river transport
Administrative / biographical background

Incorporated under Act 25th May 1815 as "Pocklington Canal Company".

By Act passed in 10th and 11th years of Queen Victoria (1847), Canal was purchased by York and North Midland Railway Company. This Railway was, by sections 3 and 4 of North Eastern Railway Company's Act 31st July 1854, vested with Leeds Northern Railway Company in York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway Company and was thenceforth called "North Eastern Railway Company".

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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13046/

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