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RepositoryArchives
Reference NumberB/LBR
LevelFonds
TitleRecords of London and Blackwall Railway Company
Date(s)1887-1896
DescriptionProperty purchases book including compensations.

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Extent1 volume
AdminHistoryIncorporated by Act of Parliament in 1836 as the Commercial Railway Company. The name was changed to the London and Blackwall Railway Company in 1839.

Under the Act of 1865 the undertaking was leased to the Great Eastern Railway Company for 999 years from 1866. The need to widen the railway led to purchases through Stepney and Whitechapel.

The London and Blackwall Railway was later transferred to the London and North Eastern Railway Company from 1923 under the London and North Eastern Railway Absorption (No. 1) Scheme 1923.
CustodialHistoryThe volume was later held by the Great Eastern Railway Agent's Office (pages are stamped).
RelatedMaterialThe National Archives holds the main archives, 1825-1923, RAIL 385 including minutes of directors and shareholders, stock and share registers, agreements, financial journals, cash books and ledgers.
SubjectPrivate enterprises
London and Blackwall Railway
Railways
Property sales
Access StatusOpen
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