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- 1889-1948 (Creation)
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0.8 linear metres
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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.
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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.
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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.
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ACC/1297/MGCJ/01: Minutes; ACC/1297/MGCJ/03: Plans; ACC/1297/MGCJ/23: Accounts.
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Available for general access.
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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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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