Catalogue description Isle of Wight Railway Company

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Reference: RAIL 330
Title: Isle of Wight Railway Company
Description:

Includes minutes of directors' meetings, accountants' records and various documents about land, construction powers and agreements for services.
Date: 1858-1923
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: IOW
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Isle of Wight Railway Company, 1860-1922
Physical description: 64 files and volumes
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure
Accruals: No further accruals expected
Administrative / biographical background:

Incorporated under act of 23rd July 1860. By act of 2nd August 1898, Brading Harbour & Railway Company was vested in Isle of Wight Railway Company. By London & South Western Railway (Southern Group) Preliminary Absorption Scheme 1922 dated 23rd December 1922, Isle of Wight Railway Company was transferred to and absorbed by London & South Western Railway Company from midnight on 31st 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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