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Shrewsbury Canal Navigation Company

Catalogue reference: RAIL 868

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RAIL 868

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

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Reference
RAIL 868
Title
Shrewsbury Canal Navigation Company
Date
1793-1847
Description

Minutes of the Shrewsbury Canal Navigation Company.

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

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
SHRC.
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
Shrewsbury Canal Navigation Company, 1793-1846
Physical description
1 volume(s)
Access conditions
Available in digital format only
Subjects
Topics
Canals and river transport
Administrative / biographical background

Incorporated by act of 3rd June 1793 (33 Geo III, cap.113) as "Company of Proprietors of Shrewsbury Canal Navigation".

Navigation was sold to Ellesmere and Chester Canal Company and vested by "Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Shrewsbury and Stafford Railway Act 3rd August 1846" (Section 39) in Shropshire Union Railways & Canal Company as from passing of act.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13056/

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