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Eastern Counties Railway Company General Meeting notes

1859

East Coast for Holidays, Its Quicker by Rail Holiday Guide

1930-1940

Rule book, Eastern Counties Railway, 1846, general, 51 pages, mauve card cover.

Eastern Counties Railway Rule Book 1846

1846

Cash bag label, brass, oval, Eastern Counties Railway, "ECR via Peterboro Swavesey", 1847-1862.

Eastern Counties Railway cash bag label

1847-1862

Printing block, engraved metal on wood, Eastern Counties Railway, Littlebury Tunnel, with passenger locomotive emerging from the tunnel, wooden block stamped M1653, part of Printing Block Collection from Stratford Printing Works.

Printing Block, Littlebury Tunnel

1845-1862

Ticket, card, Eastern Counties Railway, for 'Excursion to Rye House and Gardens on Monday 16th July 1855', Tickets there and back costing 2s. 6d. including admission to ballroom, Ticket No.484, 1855, dimensions 58 x 111mm.

excursion to Rye House and Gardens

1855

Printing Block, engraved metal on wood, Eastern Counties Railway, Elsenham Station with 0-4-0 locomotive and tender in foreground, 1845, wooden block stamped M1650, part of Printing Block Collection from Stratford Printing Works.

Printing Block, Elsenham Station

1845

Printing Block, engraved metal on wood, Eastern Counties Railway, image reversed, Royal Party at Cambridge Station, July 5th 1847, wooden block stamped M1658, part of Printing Block Collection from Stratford Printing Works.

Printing Block, Royal Party at Cambridge Station

1847

Printing block, copper on wood, Eastern Counties Railway, Second Class Season Ticket, between London and Ilford, from 5th October 1853 to 4th July 1854, No. 875, issued to Master G.J Garlsden, not transferable, this pass must be shown to the officer on duty, wooden block stamped 'M2287', part of Printing Block Collection from Stratford Printing Works.

Printing Block, Second Class Season Ticket

1853

Printing block, engraved metal on wood, Eastern Counties Railway, text about the arrangements for the Opening of the Eastern Counties Railway, announcement regarding the first train to Romford, 18th June 1839, wooden block stamped 'M834', part of Printing Block Collection from Stratford Printing Works.

Printing Block, Opening of the Eastern Counties Railway

1839

Printing block, copper on wood, Eastern Counties Railway, image reversed showing Eastern Counties roundel, with company title in garter, surrounding a dragon's wing, wooden block stamped 'M44', part of Printing Block Collection from Stratford Printing Works.

Printing Block, Eastern Counties Railway crest

c1840

Printing block. copper on wood, Eastern Counties Railway, invitation to the preliminary opening of the railway line between London & Romford 18th June 1839, wooden block stamped 'M1485', part of Printing Block Collection from Stratford Printing Works.

Printing Block, Opening between London and Romford

1839

Printing block, Eastern Counties Railway, metal on wood, portrait of George Hudson, Chairman, stamped on side M1655, from Stratford Printing Works.

Printing Block, George Hudson

1845

Printing block, copper on wood, Eastern Counties Railway, Romford Factory, original Eastern Counties Railway Locomotive Works, wooden block stamped 'M1834', part of Printing Block Collection from Stratford Printing Works.

Printing Block, Romford Factory, original Eastern Counties Railway Locomotive Works

Printing block, copper on wood, Eastern Counties Railway, Declaration of Dividends, 'The Directors of this company acting under the special powers vested in them by the Act of Incorporation do hereby declare a dividend for the half year ending the amount of 9s per share, George Hudson, Chairman, C.P. Roney, Secretary', wooden block stamped 'M2289', part of Printing Block Collection from Stratford Printing Works.

Printing Block, Declaration of Dividends

1845

Printing block, metal on wood, Eastern Counties Railway, Alphabetical List of Adjacent Towns showing the stations through which traffic should be forwarded, A-B, Abington to Brampton, part of Printing Block Collection from Stratford Printing Works.

Printing Block, Alphabetical List of Adjacent Towns

1839-1862

Pay check, Eastern Counties Rly, metal disc, "76 Goods Department London". 1 1/4

ECR pay check

Printing plate, copper plate mounted on wood, Eastern Counties Railway, reverse image, portrait of John Braithwaite, Engineer, stamped on side M1314, from Stratford Printing Works.

Printing Plate, portrait of John Braithwaite

1839-1843

Printing block, metal on wood, Eastern Counties Railway, image reversed, showing interior of saloon with three passengers sat around a table, stamped on side M2392, from Stratford Printing Works.

Printing Block, interior of saloon with three passengers

Printing block, metal on wooden block, Eastern Counties Railway, map of the Eastern Counties Railway system, by John Braithwaite, Engineer, 18th November 1838, image reversed, side stamped M1416, from Stratford Printing Works.

Printing Block, map of the system

1838

Printing plate, metal on wood, Eastern Counties Railway, image reversed depicting Royal carriage, six door saloon with royal arms on centre door, from Stratford Printing Works.

Royal Carriage printing block

1839-1862

Printing block, metal on wood, Eastern Counties Railway, image reversed depiciting early 2-2-2 locomotive pulling train through countryside with the legend 'Eastern Counties Railway Guide', from Stratford Printing Works.

Printing Block, Eastern Counties Railway

1839-1862

Printing Block, engraved metal on wood, Eastern Counties Railway, image reversed, depicting Brandon Station, with 2-2-2 locomotive and tender, wooden block stamped M1652, part of Printing Block Collection from Stratford Printing Works.

Printing Block, Brandon Station

1845

Printing Block, engraved metal on wood, Eastern Counties Railway, image reversed, depicting Ely Station, wooden block stamped M1660, part of Printing Block Collection from Stratford Printing Works.

Printing Block, Ely Station

1845

Rule book, Eastern Counties Railway, printed at the company works in Stratford, September 12th 1854 with the 1857 updates.

Eastern Counties Railway rule book

1857

Eastern Counties Railway timetable, passenger train times 1854

Railway timetable, Eastern Counties Railway

1854

Notice, Eastern Counties Railway, Railway Excitement at Sudbury Respecting the Well Grounded Complaints and Threatened Opposition, featuring the satirical poem 'Hoys Donkey'.

Railway Excitement at Sudbury

Memo, Eastern Counties Railway, Re Weighing of goods, 2 March 1859, From Station Master Woodbridge, (Other Associations 81/25/16).

Weighing of Goods

1859

Invoice, blank, marked 185-. for the East Counties Railway.

blank invoice

1850

Large rolled petition requesting the election of George Hudson to the Board of Directors of the Eastern Counties Railway, because "the present constitution of the Board of Directors is unsatisfactory especially in relation to the non-residence of so large a proportion of its members..."

Petition requesting the election of George Hudson to the Board of Directors of the Eastern Counties Railway (supplied title)

Eastern Counties Railway booklet "Rules of the Eastern Counties Railway Rifle Volunteers" published at Stratford, the company's works, East London, 1859. 24pp.

Rules of the Eastern Counties Railway Rifle Volunteers

1859

Eastern Counties railway from J. V. Gooch, locomotive superintendent, to James (Jas.) Mony. Dated 21st August 1850. The letter relates to Mony agreeing to work for the ECR.

ECR letter to Jas. Mony

1850

Notice, Eastern Counties Railway, Remonstrance of the engine drivers on the Eastern Counties Railway, featuring the satirical poem 'Hoys Donkey'

Remonstrance of the engine drivers on hte EAstern Counties Railway

Rule Book, Eastern Counties Railway, issued by J B Owen, Secretary, 1854.

Rule Book, Eastern Counties Railway, 1854

1854