Series
Witham Navigation Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 885
Date: 1762-1867
Minutes of the Witham Navigation Company.
Series
Sheffield and South Yorkshire Canal Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 865
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RAIL 865
Minutes etc of the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Canal Company.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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RAIL 865
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Title (The name of the record)
- Sheffield and South Yorkshire Canal Company
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Date (When the record was created)
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1888-1895
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes etc of the Sheffield and South Yorkshire 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)
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SYC.
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Sheffield and South Yorkshire Canal Company, 1888-1947
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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3 volume(s)
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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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Committee was appointed and held its first meeting on 20th August 1888 for consideration of project of independent Canal for placing Sheffield, Rotherham, Doncaster, and South Yorkshire Coalfields and Don Valley in more direct communication with sea. Minute Book is headed "Sheffield Canal" and records proceedings of this committee.
Company known as "Sheffield and South Yorkshire Canal Company Limited" was eventually formed and granted a Certificate of Incorporation under companies' Acts 1862-1886 bearing date 15th November 1888.
Company was eventually formed into Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation Company and incorporated as such under act of 26th August 1889 to purchase Dearne and Dove Canal, Sheffield and Tinsley Canal, River Dun Navigation and Stainforth and Keadby Canal from Manchester Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company. Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation Company was vested in British Transport Commission by the Transport Act 1947.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13053/
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Sheffield and South Yorkshire Canal Company
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