IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/1297/NMT
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: NORTH METROPOLITAN TRAMWAYS
Date(s): 1869-1912
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.8 linear metres
Name of creator(s): North Metropolitan Tramway Company
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The North Metropolitan Tramways Company operated horse-drawn trams in north and east London. The company was established in the 1860s. In 1896 the London County Council purchased sections of the North Metropolitan Tramways network, although the company continued to operate trams along the lines under a fourteen year lease; as until the passing of the London County Tramways Act, 1896, the Council's powers did not extend to operating a tramway undertaking itself. Once the lease expired the Council fully bought out the company's networks and began direct management of the operation.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of North Metropolitan Tramways, comprising minutes of Board meetings, minutes of General meetings and minutes of Shareholder meetings.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Records arranged in one series: ACC/1297/NMT/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
Related material:
See also the records of the London County Council Tramways Department, reference LCC/TWYS/GEN.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: November 2009 to February 2010