Series
Witham Navigation Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 885
Date: 1762-1867
Minutes of the Witham Navigation Company.
Series
Warwick and Birmingham Canal Navigation
Catalogue reference: RAIL 881
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RAIL 881
Miscellaneous books and records, minutes and reports of the Warwick and Birmingham Canal Navigation Company.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 881
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Title (The name of the record)
- Warwick and Birmingham Canal Navigation
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1793-1928
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Description (What the record is about)
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Miscellaneous books and records, minutes and reports of the Warwick and Birmingham Canal Navigation 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)
- WBC.
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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)
- Warwick and Birmingham Canal Navigation, 1793-1928
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 22 files and volumes
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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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First Act obtained 6th March 1793 (33 Geo III, cap.38), forming "Company of Proprietors of Warwick and Birmingham Canal Navigation". Second Act was obtained 24th March 1796, empowering Company to raise further capital for carrying on their work. Undertaking acquired by Grand Union Canal Company by act of 1928.
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- For further information see, inter alia:- Bradshaw's Manual 1923 Bradshaw's "Canals and Navigable Rivers of England & Wales" Priestley's "Navigable Rivers, Canals and Railways"
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13069/
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