LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAYS

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 LMA/4030
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAYS
Date(s)	: 191- - 193-
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 0.05 linear metres
Name of creator(s)	: London and North Western Railway

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The London and North Western Railway was formed in 1846. It was originally planned as a freight only line, however, once it opened it ran a passenger service initially from Bow Junction to Islington. By the beginning of the twentieth century, the L and NWR connected to the Great Northern, Great Eastern, Great Western, London and North Western, London and South Western, Midland and Metropolitan District Railways. By 1922 the L and NWR had absorbed the North London Railway.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the London and North Western Railway, comprising plans of alterations to premises owned by the Company in Adelaide Road, Alexandra Road and Finchley Road, all in the borough of Camden. The plans are undated but are thought to be 1910-1939.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

8 plans

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright rests with the City of London.

Finding aids:

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

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Donated to the Archive in 1992.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

For further information see "North London Railway: A Pictorial Record" by HMSO (1979) [LMA library 27.311 (NOR)].

Description Notes

Archivist's note:

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:
July to October 2009