Record

D8025 - Midland Railway Company (1844-1923): Dronfield station - 1870-c1876

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8025
Title	Midland Railway Company (1844-1923): Dronfield station
Date	1870-c1876
Description	Consignment notes from Dronfield station 1870-1871, Sidings books 1870-1874, Parcel delivery books 1871-1876, Incoming Goods Invoice Books 1871-1873, Day Books 1870-1872 (7 vols), Memos 1870-1873, Copy letter books 1870-1876, other. For an interim list describing the collection in greater detail, download the attached pdf file. The records, except one, are for 1870-1877, but they are not complete for this period.
Extent	approx. 22 boxes
Level	Fonds
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Archive Creator	Midland Railway Company (1844-1923): Dronfield station
Administrative History	TheSheffield and Chesterfield line, built by the Midland Railway, which ran through Dronfield opened on 1 February 1870. The station there closed on 2 January 1967. The station was re-opened in 1981.
Custodial History	These records were transferred by Chesterfield Library in September 2016 having been deposited there in two consignments in 1971 by the Old Dronfield Society, having been given to them at the time the station closed in 1967.
Organisation Sub-Type	Railway companies
Term	Railway stations
	Railway companies
	Railway lines
	Railway services
	Railways
	Business
Document	D8025.pdf
Archivist Note	Catalogued by Chesterfield Library in the 1970s. Re-numbered, largely based on the series arrangement at Chesterfield Library in July 2021, BS.