Great Northern Railway Company: Surveyor and Estate Agent: Correspondence Files

RAIL 1189

1871-1924

This series consists of correspondence files dealing with the purchase of land required for new railways or the widening of existing railways, the disposal of surplus land, licensing of land and property to and by the company, enquiries from people and organisations outside the company concerning proposed purchases and sales of land and property, the crossing of the company's land by utility pipes and cables, housing for staff and relocated residents, maintenance of property, roads and paths, compensation paid to owners, lessees, tenants and residents affected by railway works. The series includes records of work at joint stations including Holbeach (Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway) and Nottingham (Victoria) Joint Station.

Numerical order according to Great Northern Railways reference

Public Record(s)

English

1992 file(s)

Subject to 30 year closure

British Railways Board

Topics

Conveyancing

Railways

Transferred from the Great Northern Railway Company to the London and North Eastern Railway Company in 1923, then to the British Transport Commission in 1948, then to the British Railways Board in 1963.

Series is accruing

The Great Northern Railway was formed by the merging of the Direct Northern Railway Company and the London and York Railway Company, the merger was confirmed by the Great Northern Railway Act in 1846.