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Catalogue description Nottingham and Grantham Railway and Canal Company
| Reference: | RAIL 545 |
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| Title: | Nottingham and Grantham Railway and Canal Company |
| Description: |
Stock and share registers, accountant's records and minutes of the Nottingham and Grantham Railway and Canal Company. |
| Date: | 1860-1923 |
| Related material: |
Other records of the Nottingham and Grantham Railway and Canal Company are in: |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | NOG |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Nottingham and Grantham Railway and Canal Company, 1846-1923 |
| Physical description: | 27 volume(s) |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
Originally incorporated under Ambergate Nottingham and Boston and Eastern Junction Railway Company Act of 16th July 1846 as "Ambergate Nottingham and Boston and Eastern Junction Railway Company". When complicated question of acquisition of Grantham Canal Company and Nottingham Canal Company (outlined in Introductory note to Nottingham Canal Company list) had been completed, name of Ambergate Nottingham and Boston and Eastern Junction Railway Company was changed to Ambergate Nottingham and Boston and Eastern Junction Railway and Canal Company, but by Nottingham and Grantham Railway and Canal Act of 15th May 1860, name was further changed to Nottingham and Grantham Railway and Canal Company. By Great Northern and Ambergate companies (Working Arrangements) Act 1854 (called the company's third Act 1854), lease of undertaking to Great Northern Railway Company was authorised and this took effect for 999 years from 1st August 1861. Under terms of London and North Eastern Railway Absorption (No.1) Scheme 29th June 1923, Nottingham and Grantham Railway and Canal Company was vested in London and North Eastern Railway Company as from 1st January 1923. |
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