GB 0096 MS 603 - Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company

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GB 0096 MS 603

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Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company

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  • 1849 (Creation)

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The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company was formed in 1847 by an amalgamation of several other railway companies. Competition between different companies was intense and much quibbling about the sharing of lines produced an alliance in 1858 with the Great Northern Railway Company. The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company eventually became the Great Central Railway Company.

Archival history

Bought from Stanley Crowe, 1963.
GB 0096 MS 603 1849 Collection (fonds) Single sheet Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company
The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company was formed in 1847 by an amalgamation of several other railway companies. Competition between different companies was intense and much quibbling about the sharing of lines produced an alliance in 1858 with the Great Northern Railway Company. The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company eventually became the Great Central Railway Company.

Bought from Stanley Crowe, 1963.

Redeemed mortgage, 1849, of £1500 for seven years at 5%.

Access to the items in the collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the controlled environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room Uncatalogued material may not be seen. Please contact the University Archivist for details.

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.
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The Public Record Office, London, holds minutes, reports, journals, ledgers, locomotive and rolling stock records, 1842-1947 (Ref: RAIL 110, 435, 462-3); Doncaster Archives Department contains legal correspondence, papers and plans, 1864-1885 (Ref: DX Bax); Lincolnshire Archives has correspondence and legal papers, 1802-1868 (BSV/11/11/A/1-74).

2000-02-18 Joseph Gelfer, 2000-05-22 Sarah Aitchison Accounting Finance Financial administration Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company x Great Central Railway Company Railway transport Transport Transport infrastructure

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Redeemed mortgage, 1849, of £1500 for seven years at 5%.

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Access to the items in the collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the controlled environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room Uncatalogued material may not be seen. Please contact the University Archivist for details.

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Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

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  • English

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  • Latin

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English

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The Public Record Office, London, holds minutes, reports, journals, ledgers, locomotive and rolling stock records, 1842-1947 (Ref: RAIL 110, 435, 462-3); Doncaster Archives Department contains legal correspondence, papers and plans, 1864-1885 (Ref: DX Bax); Lincolnshire Archives has correspondence and legal papers, 1802-1868 (BSV/11/11/A/1-74).

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Senate House Library, University of London

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  • English

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