Catalogue description Leeds, Castleford and Pontefract Junction Railway Company

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Reference: RAIL 353
Title: Leeds, Castleford and Pontefract Junction Railway Company
Description:

This series consists of minutes, reports, registers and miscellaneous books and records of the Leeds, Castleford and Pontefract Junction Railway Company.
Date: 1872-1880
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: LCP
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Leeds, Castleford and Pontefract Junction Railway Company, 1873-1876
Physical description: 12 files and volumes
Administrative / biographical background:

Incorporated under act of 21st July 1873 (36 and 37 Vic, cap.176). Undertaking was vested in North Eastern Railway Company under act of 13th July 1876. North Eastern Railway, Hull and Barnsley Railway, and Hull Joint Dock Committee were dissolved and united into one company by name North Eastern Railway Company as from 1st April 1922 by virtue of North Eastern, and Hull and Barnsley railway companies Amalgamation Scheme 1922, dated 1st April 1922. This North Eastern Railway Company became part of London and North Eastern Railway Company as from 1st January 1923 under North Eastern, Eastern and East Scottish Group Amalgamation Scheme 1922 dated 30th December 1922.

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