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Catalogue description Charing Cross Railway Company: Records
| Reference: | RAIL 107 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Charing Cross Railway Company: Records |
| Description: |
This series details the establishment and administration of the Charing Cross Railway Company. The documents consist of minutes of meetings, accounting records, a register of shareholders, and reports on the removal of bodies from a burial ground. |
| Date: | 1858-1870 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | CXB |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Charing Cross Railway Company, 1859-1864 South Eastern Railway Company, 1836-1923 |
| Physical description: | 9 files and volumes |
| Access conditions: | Open |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
In 1972-2003 British Railways Board |
| Accruals: | No further accruals are anticipated |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The Charing Cross Railway was incorporated by the Charing Cross Railway Act 1859 which authorised the construction of a railway commencing by a junction with the South Eastern Railway near Bermondsey Street in the parish of St Olave Southwark and terminating at Hungerford Street in the parish of St Martins in the Fields, Westminster. The scheme was supported by the South Eastern Railway Company; in fact four of the Charing Cross Railways's nine directors were also directors of the South Eastern Railway Company. The South Eastern Railway required the line to gain access to Central London in competition with the threat of the proposed Victoria Station. The line was opened on 11 Jan 1864. The Charing Cross Railway was leased by the South Eastern Railway immediately from its incorporation and became vested in the South Eastern Railway by the powers of the Charing Cross Railway Act 1863. |
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