Collection GB 0074 ACC/1297/MGCJ - METROPOLITAN AND GREAT CENTRAL JOINT RAILWAYS

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 ACC/1297/MGCJ

Title

METROPOLITAN AND GREAT CENTRAL JOINT RAILWAYS

Date(s)

  • 1889-1948 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.8 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The Metropolitan Railway Company and the Great Central Railway Company worked together to operate a section of line running between Grendon Underwood and London Marylebone via Aylesbury, Harrow and Amersham.

Archival history

GB 0074 ACC/1297/MGCJ 1889-1948 Collection 0.8 linear metres Metropolitan Railway Company
Great Central Railway Company
Metropolitan and Great Central Joint Railway

The Metropolitan Railway Company and the Great Central Railway Company worked together to operate a section of line running between Grendon Underwood and London Marylebone via Aylesbury, Harrow and Amersham.

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

Records of the Metropolitan and Great Central Joint Railways, including minutes of the Joint Committee; minutes of Officers' Conferences; reports and papers of the Oxford and Aylesbury Tramroad Company; plans of the line between Harrow and Verney Junction; and financial records including ledgers, journals and cash books.

ACC/1297/MGCJ/01: Minutes; ACC/1297/MGCJ/03: Plans; ACC/1297/MGCJ/23: Accounts.

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 UK Buckinghamshire Aylesbury Metropolitan Railway Company Great Central Railway Company Metropolitan and Great Central Joint Railway Company archives Urban transport Organizations Transport organizations Information sources Documents Business records Transport infrastructure Railways Underground railway networks England Enterprises Companies Transport companies Public transport Transport Transport planning Urban transport development Western Europe Europe London Grendon Underwood Amersham Harrow (district) Harrow Middlesex

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

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

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of the Metropolitan and Great Central Joint Railways, including minutes of the Joint Committee; minutes of Officers' Conferences; reports and papers of the Oxford and Aylesbury Tramroad Company; plans of the line between Harrow and Verney Junction; and financial records including ledgers, journals and cash books.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

ACC/1297/MGCJ/01: Minutes; ACC/1297/MGCJ/03: Plans; ACC/1297/MGCJ/23: Accounts.

Conditions of access and use area

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

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

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

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Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

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Notes area

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Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

London Metropolitan Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

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.

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

    Sources

    Accession area