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D5540 - Great Northern Railway Company - 1887-1906
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D5540
Title
Great Northern Railway Company
Date
1887-1906
Description
Derby, Egginton, Marlpool, Codnor Park
Level
Fonds
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
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Archive Creator
Great Northern Railway Company (1846-1923)
Administrative History
The Great Northern Railway (GNR) was incorporated in 1846 with the object of building a line from London to York. The headquarters of the railway were at Kings Cross, London. Following the Railways Act of 1921, the company was succeeded in 1923 by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER).
Custodial History
These documents were donated to the Record Office by British Railways Records Centre in September 2001
Organisation Sub-Type
Railway companies
Related Material
See D3672 for the main archive collection held by Derbyshire Record Office relating to the Great Northern Railway. See also D7059 and D7850/1 for other records. For records relating to Derbyshire stations, see
- D863 Heanor, Marlpool
- D5139 Pinxton
- D6840 Etwall
Term
Business
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Great Northern Railway; 1846-1923; railway company
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Type
Egginton
Marlpool
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