Catalogue description Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway Company

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Reference: RAIL 329
Title: Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway Company
Description:

This series consists of directors' minutes of the Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway Company.
Date: 1868-1887
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: IWN
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway Company, 1868-1887
Physical description: 9 volume(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

BRB (Residuary) Ltd
Accruals: No further accruals expected
Administrative / biographical background:

Incorporated under act of 31st July 1868. Under Isle of Wight Central Railway Act of 1887, Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway; Cowes & Newport Railway; and Ryde & Newport railway companies were amalgamated from 1st July 1887 to form Isle of Wight Central Railway Company.

Isle of Wight Central Railway Company was transferred to and absorbed by London & South Western Railway Company at midnight on 31st December 1922 under London & South Western Railway (Southern Group) Preliminary Absorption Scheme 1922 dated 23rd December 1922. London & South Western Railway Company became part of Southern Railway Company from 1st January 1923 under Railways (Southern Group) Amalgamation Scheme 1922 dated 22nd December 1922.

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