Tracking Railways Archives Project - TRAP

A Special Interest Group of the Railway & Canal Historical Society

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Whitby Literary & Philosophical Society Library & Archive

Christiane Kroebel, Hon. Librarian, Whitby Museum, Pannett Park, Whitby YO21 1RE
Archon : 1224
Email : library@whitbymuseum.org.uk

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- Percy Burnett collection P. Burnett, former librarian Volumes of documents (originals, copies & transcripts) relating to the history of Whitby and district. Index lists 42 Railway items: chiefly agreements, plans and other papers re conveyance of lands to North Eastern Rly and predecessors, 1833-1901; also reports & accounts of Whitby & Pickering Rly, 1830s. - - -
- Percy Burnett collection P. Burnett, former librarian Volumes of newspaper cuttings. Many items indexed under 'Railways'. - - -
Bundle 2 in safe - - 13 documents relating to Whitby & Pickering Rly; also proposed railway from Whitby to Yarm, 1853. 1832 - 1872 1 bundle -
- - G.W.J. Potter Collection of undated photographs of Whitby & Pickering Railway, some by G. W. J. Potter (author of the 1906 history of the railway) and S. Smith. 1937 1 album -