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KINGSTON AND LONDON RAILWAY


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/1297/KL

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: KINGSTON AND LONDON RAILWAY

Date(s): 1881-1891

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 0.05 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Kingston and London Railway Company

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Kingston and London Railway Company were established in 1881 with the authority to construct a line running between the Metropolitan District Railway Company's Fulham Station to Wimbledon. In 1882 the undertaking and liabilities of the Company were transferred to a joint committee of the London and South Western Railway and the Metropolitan District Railway. The branch is now part of the District Line.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the Kingston and London Railway Company, comprising Joint Committee Minutes.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Arranged in one series: ACC/1297/KL/01: Minutes.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

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

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES Rules or conventions: 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.

Date(s) of descriptions: November 2009 to February 2010


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Business records | Documents | Information sources
Public transport | Transport
Transport companies | Companies | Enterprises
Transport organizations | Organizations
Underground railway networks | Railways | Transport infrastructure
Urban transport | Transport
Urban transport development | Transport planning | Transport
Company archives

Personal names

Corporate names
Kingston and London Railway Company
London Underground | District Line
Metropolitan District Railway Company
South Western Railway Company

Places
Fulham | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Wimbledon | Surrey | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Hammersmith and Fulham
Merton