GREAT NORTHERN, PICCADILLY AND BROMPTON RAILWAY

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 ACC/1297/GNPB
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: GREAT NORTHERN, PICCADILLY AND BROMPTON RAILWAY
Date(s)	: 1897-1909
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 0.7 linear metres
Name of creator(s)	: Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway was formed in 1902, following a merger of the the Brompton and Piccadilly Circus Railway and the Great Northern and Strand Railway. The company was a subsidiary of the Underground Electric Railways Company of London Limited. The underground line was opened in 1906, running between Hammersmith and Finsbury Park, today forming the central part of the Piccadilly line.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway, comprising minutes of Board meetings and contract drawings for the line between West Kensington and Barons Court.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Records arranged in two series: ACC/1297/GNPB/01: Minutes and ACC/1297/GNPB/03: Contract drawings.

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.

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Related material:

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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:
November 2009 to February 2010