Great Northern Railway, Books of Reference for Railway Bills

The plans show the proposed route of the line or other works and the book of reference identifies the nature of the property which was to be acquired, the current owners, leasees and occupiers.

When railway companies promoted Bills in Parliament to authorise the construction of lines and associated matters they were obliged to submit full details of the property affected in plans accompanied by a book of reference.

The two volumes listed here contain copies of the books of reference for 1881-1887 and 1898-1900 for Bills submitted by the Great Northern Railway. They are marked as belonging to the Surveyor.

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Plans of the proposed works have not been received by the Archives Department. Those for railway Bills in the area of the former West Riding of Yorkshire can be consulted at the Headquarters of the West Yorkshire Archive Service