LONDON UNITED TRAMWAYS

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 ACC/1297/LUT
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 UNITED TRAMWAYS
Date(s)	: 1901-1934
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 0.25 linear metres
Name of creator(s)	: London United Tramways Co Ltd

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

London United Tramways Company Limited was formed in 1894 in order to buy up the assets of the West Metropolitan Tramways Company, which had gone into receivership. It was part of the Imperial Tramways Company. London United operated in south and west London. It ran London's first electric tram service in 1901, between Hammersmith, Kew Bridge, Shepherd's Bush and Acton. The company was bought by the London and Suburban Traction Company in 1912, which was part of London Electric Railways, known as the London Underground Group. London United passed to the London Passenger Transport Board in 1933.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of London United Tramways, comprising minutes of Board meetings and General meetings.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Records arranged in one series: ACC/1297/LUT/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:

Publication note:

London United Tramways: A History 1894-1933, by Geoffrey Wilson (Routledge, 2006).

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