Catalogue description Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway Company
Reference: | RAIL 558 |
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Title: | Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway Company |
Description: |
Deeds, agreements, contracts, specifications, estimates, plans and minutes of the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway Company. |
Date: | 1837-1863 |
Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
Former reference in its original department: | OWW |
Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
Language: | English |
Creator: |
Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway Company, 1845-1860 |
Physical description: | 1397 files, rolls and volumes |
Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated |
Immediate source of acquisition: |
BRB (Residuary) Ltd |
Accruals: | No further accruals are expected |
Administrative / biographical background: |
Incorporated by act of 4th August 1845. Newport Abergavenny and Hereford; and Worcester and Hereford Railways were amalgamated with Company under West Midland Railway Act of 14th June 1860 as from 1st July 1860 and name changed to West Midland Railway. This company was amalgamated with Great Western Railway Company as from the 1st August 1863 under Great Western Railway (West Midland Railway) Amalgamation Act of 13th July 1863. |
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