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- 1890-1931 (Creation)
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0.25 linear metres
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The Metropolitan Tower Construction Company, formed to construct a tower and pleasure gardens at Wembley Park, was converted into the Wembley Park Estate Company in 1906, remaining a subsidiary of the Metropolitan Railway Company. The aim of the Company was to develop property near to the newly-built railway lines, thus increasing passenger numbers. In 1919 the Company became Metropolitan Railway Country Estates Limited.
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GB 0074 ACC/1297/WPE 1890-1931 Collection 0.25 linear metres Wembley Park Estate Company , property developers
The Metropolitan Tower Construction Company, formed to construct a tower and pleasure gardens at Wembley Park, was converted into the Wembley Park Estate Company in 1906, remaining a subsidiary of the Metropolitan Railway Company. The aim of the Company was to develop property near to the newly-built railway lines, thus increasing passenger numbers. In 1919 the Company became Metropolitan Railway Country Estates Limited.
Received in 1975 as part of an accession of records from London Transport.
Records of the Wembley Park Estate Company, property developers, comprising minutes of General meetings and minutes of Board meetings.
Records arranged in one series: ACC/1297/WPE/01: Minutes.
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 Property companies Information sources Documents Business records Enterprises Companies Transport companies Transport Public transport Construction engineering Building design Building standards Accommodation Housing Company archives Property Wembley Park Estate Company , property developers Metropolitan Railway Company Brent London England UK Western Europe Europe Wembley Middlesex
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Received in 1975 as part of an accession of records from London Transport.
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Records of the Wembley Park Estate Company, property developers, comprising minutes of General meetings and minutes of Board meetings.
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Records arranged in one series: ACC/1297/WPE/01: Minutes.
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Available for general access.
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Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.
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- English
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- 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