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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D3220 |
| Title | British Rail: London Midlands Division |
| Date | c1849-1973 |
| Description | Records of the London Midland Division of British Rail, including those of predecessor companies, including the Midland Railway and London Midland and Scottish Railways, c1849-1970s.
Abbreviations:
BTC = British Transport Commission
EAOO = Estate Agent's Office, Derby
GC = Great Central Railway
LMD = London Midland Division
LMS = London Midland and Scottish Railway
LNE = London and North Eastern Railway
LNW = London and North Western Railway
LY = Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
MR = Midland Railway
RSO = Rating Surveyor's Office, Derby
SM = Sheffield and Midland Railways Joint Committee |
| Level | Fonds |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
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| Archive Creator | London Midland Region of British Railways, 1948-? |
| London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company, 1921-1947 |
| Midland Railway Company, 1844-1923 |
| Administrative History | In 1844 the Midland Railway Company was formed by the amalgamation of 3 companies: the North Midland, the Midland Counties, and the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway Companies. The Locomotive Works at Siddals Road, Derby were originally built by the North Midland Railway Company in 1840. The Carriage and Wagon Works at Litchurch Lane, Derby were built in 1876.
In 1923 the London Midland and Scottish Railway was established (under the Railways Act 1921) by amalgamating the Midland Railway Company and other railway companies such as the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, which operated the Newton Heath Carriage and Wagon Works in Manchester.
By the Transport Act 1949, the London Midland Region of British Rail was set up on 1 January 1948. |
| Custodial History | The records were deposited in the Derbyshire Record Office between 1988 and 1999. |
| Arrangement | D3220/1-4 Plans
D3220/5-18 Employment records
D3220/5-9 Carriage and Wagon Department: Register of leavers, Works and depots workmen's register, Staff at stations record books, Newton Heath staff register
D3220/10-12 Chief Mechanical and Electrical Engineer's Dept
D3220/13-17 Carriage and Wagon Works, Litchurch Lane, Derby
D3220/18 Locomotive Works, Siddals Road, Derby
D3220/19 Estate Manager and Property Board files |
| Organisation Sub-Type | Railway companies |
| Access Conditions | As a condition of access to staff records, any potential user will sign a form of undertaking not to copy, extract, publish or communicate to any other person any information other than dates of birth, death and service, and details of grade and place of employment. If a form of undertaking is required, please ask at the Document Issue Desk in the Searchroom. |
| Related Material | See D6261 for additional employee service records, British Railway Engineering Ltd., Derby works, 1900s-1980s.
A First World War Roll of Honour for the Carriage and Wagons Department is held by the Midland Railways Trust at Butterley Station in Ripley (www.midlandrailway-butterley.co.uk) |
| Term | Business |