Catalogue description Norfolk Railway Company
Reference: | RAIL 519 |
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Title: | Norfolk Railway Company |
Description: |
Minutes of the Norfolk Railway Company. |
Date: | 1845-1865 |
Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
Former reference in its original department: | NRL |
Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
Language: | English |
Creator: |
Norfolk Railway Company, 1845-1862 |
Physical description: | 6 volume(s) |
Administrative / biographical background: |
Incorporated in 1845 under Act 8 & 9 Vic, cap.41 by an amalgamation of the Yarmouth & Norwich Railway Company, which had been incorporated on 18th June 1842 under Act 5 & 6 Vic, cap.82, and the Norwich & Brandon Railway Company, which had been incorporated in 1844 under Act 7 & 8 Vic, cap.15. Under act of 7th August 1862 the Norfolk Railway Company was amalgamated with the East Anglian; Eastern Counties; Eastern Union; and East Suffolk railway companies, with their subsidiary undertakings, to form the Great Eastern Railway Company. The Great Eastern Railway Company became part of the London & North Eastern Railway Company from 1st January 1923 under the North Eastern, Eastern and East Scottish Group Amalgamation Scheme 1922 dated 30th December 1922. |
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