WHITECHAPEL AND BOW RAILWAY - AIM25

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 ACC/1297/W&B

Title

WHITECHAPEL AND BOW RAILWAY

Date(s)

1898-1939 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.75 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Whitechapel and Bow Railway

Biographical history

The Whitechapel and Bow Railway was a joint undertaking by the Metropolitan District Railway and the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway. It was constructed between 1897 and 1902, running from Whitechapel (then the terminus of the Metropolitan District Railway) to a junction at Campbell Road, near Bromley-by-Bow. The line was worked by the Metropolitan District Railway and later extended, now forming the eastern arm of the District Line.

Repository

The London Archives

Archival history

GB 0074 ACC/1297/W&B 1898-1939 Collection 0.75 linear metres Whitechapel and Bow Railway

The Whitechapel and Bow Railway was a joint undertaking by the Metropolitan District Railway and the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway. It was constructed between 1897 and 1902, running from Whitechapel (then the terminus of the Metropolitan District Railway) to a junction at Campbell Road, near Bromley-by-Bow. The line was worked by the Metropolitan District Railway and later extended, now forming the eastern arm of the District Line.

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

Records of the Whitechapel and Bow Railway, comprising Board meeting minutes; General meeting minutes; minutes of the London, Tilbury and Southend and Metropolitan District Railways Whitechapel and Bow Railway Joint Committee; and minutes of the Midland and Metropolitan District Railways Whitechapel and Bow Joint Committee.

Records arranged in one series: ACC/1297/W&B/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 Company archives Urban transport Organizations 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 Whitechapel and Bow Railway Metropolitan District Railway Company London Underground , District Line London , Tilbury and Southend Railway Bromley-by-Bow Tower Hamlets London England UK Western Europe Europe Whitechapel

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 Whitechapel and Bow Railway, comprising Board meeting minutes; General meeting minutes; minutes of the London, Tilbury and Southend and Metropolitan District Railways Whitechapel and Bow Railway Joint Committee; and minutes of the Midland and Metropolitan District Railways Whitechapel and Bow Joint Committee.

System of arrangement

Records arranged in one series: ACC/1297/W&B/01: Minutes.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction