Catalogue description Cowes and Newport Railway Company

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Reference: RAIL 142
Title: Cowes and Newport Railway Company
Description:

This series documents the establishment and administration of the Cowes and Newport Railway.

Documents consist of minutes of proprietors' and board of director's meetings.
Date: 1859-1887
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: CNR
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Cowes and Newport Railway Company, 1859-1887
Physical description: 6 volume(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure
Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

The Cowes and Newport Railway was incorporated under an act of 8th August 1859. Under an agreement dated 4th December 1872 this company and the Ryde and Newport Railway Company were administered as a joint concern.

Under the Isle of Wight Central Railway Act of 1887, Cowes and Newport, Ryde and Newport, and Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) railway companies were amalgamated from 1st July 1887 to form Isle of Wight Central Railway Company.

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