Catalogue description Brighton, Lewes and Hastings Railway Company

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Reference: RAIL 72
Title: Brighton, Lewes and Hastings Railway Company
Description:

This series documents the establishment and administration of the Brighton, Lewes and Hastings Railway Company.

Records include board, general and committee minutes.

Date: 1844-1847
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: BLH
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
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Brighton, Lewes and Hastings Railway Company, 1844-1846

Physical description: 6 volume(s)
Administrative / biographical background:

The Brighton, Lewes and Hastings Railway Company was incorporated under the Brighton, Lewes and Hastings Railway Act of 1844. By the same act, the company was purchased by London & Brighton Railway Company.

In 1846, the London & Brighton, and the London & Croydon railway companies were consolidated and united to form the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway Company under the act of 27 July 1846.

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