Catalogue description Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway Company
Reference: | RAIL 329 |
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Title: | Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway Company |
Description: |
This series consists of directors' minutes of the Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway Company. |
Date: | 1868-1887 |
Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
Former reference in its original department: | IWN |
Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
Language: | English |
Creator: |
Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway Company, 1868-1887 |
Physical description: | 9 volume(s) |
Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated |
Immediate source of acquisition: |
BRB (Residuary) Ltd |
Accruals: | No further accruals expected |
Administrative / biographical background: |
Incorporated under act of 31st July 1868. Under Isle of Wight Central Railway Act of 1887, Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway; Cowes & Newport Railway; and Ryde & Newport railway companies were amalgamated from 1st July 1887 to form Isle of Wight Central Railway Company. Isle of Wight Central Railway Company was transferred to and absorbed by London & South Western Railway Company at midnight on 31st December 1922 under London & South Western Railway (Southern Group) Preliminary Absorption Scheme 1922 dated 23rd December 1922. London & South Western Railway Company became part of Southern Railway Company from 1st January 1923 under Railways (Southern Group) Amalgamation Scheme 1922 dated 22nd December 1922. |
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