Catalogue description Macclesfield and Knutsford Railway Company

Incorporated under Act 29 and 30 Vic, cap.159 (28th June 1866) as Macclesfield Knutsford and Warrington Railway Company. Company applied to Parliament for revival and extension of powers, and their Act received Royal Assent on 16th June 1871, name of the company now being Macclesfield and Knutsford Railway Company.

Under Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Act of 16th July 1874, Macclesfield and Knutsford Railway Company was dissolved and its powers vested in Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company. This latter Company was re-incorporated under Consolidating Act of 1st August 1849, and by Great Central Railway Act of 3rd June 1897, name of Company was changed to Great Central Railway Company as from 1st August 1897. Great Central Railway Company was vested in London and North Eastern Railway Company as from 1st January 1923 by virtue of North Eastern, Eastern and East Scottish Group Amalgamation Scheme 1922 dated 30th December 1922.