Catalogue description Weymouth and Portland Railway Company: Records
Reference: | RAIL 741 |
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Title: | Weymouth and Portland Railway Company: Records |
Description: |
Miscellaneous books and records and minutes of the Weymouth and Portland Railway Company. |
Date: | 1861-1948 |
Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
Former reference in its original department: | WAP |
Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
Language: | English |
Creator: |
Weymouth and Portland Railway Company, 1862-1947 |
Physical description: | 48 files, rolls and volumes |
Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated |
Immediate source of acquisition: |
BRB (Residuary) Ltd , from 1988, in 2002 |
Accruals: | No further accruals expected |
Administrative / biographical background: |
Incorporated by act of 30th June 1862. By agreement for lease, dated 18th March 1862 and confirmed by act of incorporation, line was worked by Great Western and London and South Western railway companies jointly. Weymouth and Portland Railway Company passed to British Transport Commission under Transport Act 1947. |
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