Catalogue description Droitwich Canal Navigation Company

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Reference: RAIL 822
Title: Droitwich Canal Navigation Company
Description:

Minutes of the Droitwich Canal Navigation Company.
Date: 1768-1836
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: DRC.
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Droitwich Canal Navigation Company, 1768-1874
Physical description: 1 volume(s)
Administrative / biographical background:

First act obtained 29th January 1768 (8 Geo III, cap.37) forming "Company of Proprietors of Droitwich Canal Navigation".

Leased in 1874 to Sharpness New Docks and Gloucester and Birmingham Navigation for 999 years at annual rental which sufficed for payment of dividends.

On 25th September 1939, Sharpness Docks Perpetual Annuities of Sharpness New Docks and Gloucester and Birmingham Navigation Company were issued to shareholders in exchange for their holdings.

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