Catalogue description West Durham Railway Company

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Reference: RAIL 728
Title: West Durham Railway Company
Description:

Miscellaneous books and records and minutes of the West Durham Railway Company.

Date: 1837-1870
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: WDU
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

West Durham Railway Company, 1839-1870

Physical description: 11 bundles and volumes
Administrative / biographical background:

Incorporated under act of 1839 (2 and 3 Vic, cap.71) Undertaking was vested in North Eastern Railway Company as from 1st September 1870 under act of 4th July 1870. North Eastern Railway Company, Hull and Barnsley Railway Company, and Hull Joint Dock Committee were dissolved and united into one company by name North Eastern Railway Company as from 1st April 1922 by virtue of North Eastern and Hull and Barnsley railway companies Amalgamation Scheme 1922 dated 1st April 1922. This North Eastern Railway Company became part of London and North Eastern Railway Company as from 1st January 1923 under North Eastern, Eastern and East Scottish Group Amalgamation Scheme 1922 dated 30th December 1922.

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