Collection GB 0074 ACC/1297/GNPB - GREAT NORTHERN, PICCADILLY AND BROMPTON RAILWAY

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GB 0074 ACC/1297/GNPB

Title

GREAT NORTHERN, PICCADILLY AND BROMPTON RAILWAY

Date(s)

  • 1897-1909 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.7 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway was formed in 1902, following a merger of the the Brompton and Piccadilly Circus Railway and the Great Northern and Strand Railway. The company was a subsidiary of the Underground Electric Railways Company of London Limited. The underground line was opened in 1906, running between Hammersmith and Finsbury Park, today forming the central part of the Piccadilly line.

Archival history

GB 0074 ACC/1297/GNPB 1897-1909 Collection 0.7 linear metres Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway

The Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway was formed in 1902, following a merger of the the Brompton and Piccadilly Circus Railway and the Great Northern and Strand Railway. The company was a subsidiary of the Underground Electric Railways Company of London Limited. The underground line was opened in 1906, running between Hammersmith and Finsbury Park, today forming the central part of the Piccadilly line.

Received in 1975 as part of an accession of records from London Transport.

Records of the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway, comprising minutes of Board meetings and contract drawings for the line between West Kensington and Barons Court.

Records arranged in two series: ACC/1297/GNPB/01: Minutes and ACC/1297/GNPB/03: Contract drawings.

Available for general access.

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

English

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

November 2009 to February 2010 Transport organizations Information sources Documents Business records Transport infrastructure Railways Underground railway networks Enterprises Companies Transport companies Public transport Transport Transport planning Urban transport development Organizations Urban transport Company archives Great Northern , Piccadilly and Brompton Railway Company London Underground , Piccadilly Line Underground Electric Railways Company of London Ltd London England UK Western Europe Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Received in 1975 as part of an accession of records from London Transport.

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Scope and content

Records of the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway, comprising minutes of Board meetings and contract drawings for the line between West Kensington and Barons Court.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Records arranged in two series: ACC/1297/GNPB/01: Minutes and ACC/1297/GNPB/03: Contract drawings.

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Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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English

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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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London Metropolitan Archives

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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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  • English

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