IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/1297/EH
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: EDGWARE AND HAMPSTEAD RAILWAY
Date(s): 1902-1912
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.1 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Edgware and Hampstead Railway Company
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Edgware and Hampstead Railway Company was founded in 1902 with the intention of constructing an underground railway between Edgware and Hampstead. They aimed to connect with the underground railway at Golders Green then being constructed by the Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway station.
In 1903 the Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway took over the Edgware and Hampstead Railway Company with the intention of integrating their work, although the latter company retained some independent existence. However, progress on the Golders Green to Edgware section of the railway was hampered by financial problems and a brief partnership with the Watford and Edgware Railway Company, which wanted to extend the line from Edgware up to Watford. Work was not begun until 1922 and the line was finally opened in 1924. It now forms part of the Northern Line.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Edgware and Hampstead Railway Company, comprising minutes of Board meetings.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Records arranged in one series: ACC/1297/EH: 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 Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway, reference ACC/1297/CXEH.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: November 2009 to February 2010