IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/1297/W&B
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: WHITECHAPEL AND BOW RAILWAY
Date(s): 1898-1939
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.75 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Whitechapel and Bow Railway
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Whitechapel and Bow Railway was a joint undertaking by the Metropolitan District Railway and the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway. It was constructed between 1897 and 1902, running from Whitechapel (then the terminus of the Metropolitan District Railway) to a junction at Campbell Road, near Bromley-by-Bow. The line was worked by the Metropolitan District Railway and later extended, now forming the eastern arm of the District Line.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Whitechapel and Bow Railway, comprising Board meeting minutes; General meeting minutes; minutes of the London, Tilbury and Southend and Metropolitan District Railways Whitechapel and Bow Railway Joint Committee; and minutes of the Midland and Metropolitan District Railways Whitechapel and Bow Joint Committee.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Records arranged in one series: ACC/1297/W&B/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
Date(s) of descriptions: November 2009 to February 2010