Catalogue description Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway Company

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Title: Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway Company
Description:

This series documents the establishment and administration of the Alexandra (Newport) Dock Company, later the Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway Company, the construction of relevant docks, railway track, associated structures and the introduction of rolling stock.

Records include board minutes, shareholders' minutes, committee minutes and reports, share issues, financial records, agreements and contracts.

Also included are some minutes of general meetings of the Newport Docks Company.
Date: 1835-1937
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: AD
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
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Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway Company, 1882-1922

Alexandra (Newport) Dock Company, 1865-1882
Physical description: 123 files and volumes
Administrative / biographical background:

The Alexandra (Newport) Dock Company was incorporated by the Alexandra (Newport) Dock Act 6th July 1865. In 1882, the name of the company was changed to The Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway Company by the Act of that year. The company was responsible for the construction of docks, and later railways and docks, in and around Newport and South Wales.

The company was vested in the Great Western Railway Company as from 1st January 1922 under the Great Western (Western Group) Preliminary Amalgamation Scheme 25th March 1922.

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