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Trent and Mersey Canal Company

Catalogue reference: RAIL 878

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RAIL 878

Stock and share registers etc and Minutes of the Trent and Mersey Canal Company.

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Reference

RAIL 878

Title
Trent and Mersey Canal Company
Date

1777-1853

Description

Stock and share registers etc and Minutes of the Trent and Mersey Canal Company.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

TMC.

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
Trent and Mersey Canal Company, 1766-1847
Physical description

116 volume(s)

Subjects
Topics
Canals and river transport
Administrative / biographical background

Incorporated by act of 14th May 1766 (6 Geo III, cap.96) as "Company of Proprietors of Navigation from Trent to Mersey". It was commonly called "Grand Trunk".

By "North Staffordshire Railway (Pottery Line) Act" 26th June 1846, company was incorporated as "North Staffordshire Railway Company" and "Company of Proprietors of Navigation from Trent to Mersey" was from and after 15th January 1847 vested in said Railway Company (see Section 53).

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13066/

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