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I am looking for buttons or
photos of buttons (if they exist ) for the following Tramway companies, those in
bold can be seen at : Aberdeen & District Tramways Co. Horse trams first operated in 1874 -1898
Aberdeen Suburban Tramways Co.
1899. Liquidated 1927.
Accrington Corporation Steam Tramways Co. Regd. 1885. Inc by Special Act 1887. Vol Liquidation 30/6/1908. Airdrie
& Coatbridge Tramways Co.
Inc. by Special Act 1900. Under
Act of 1912 sold to Airdrie
& Coatbridge Tramways Trustees. . Belfast
Street Tramways Co 1872- 1904 Bessbrook
& Newry Tramway Co. Inc.
1884. under Tramways & Public
Co's (Ireland) Act 1883 and an Order from the
Irish Privy Council. Undertaking purchased by Newry, Keady & Tynan
Railway Co. Under Act of 1900. Birkdale
& Southport Tramways Co. Ld.
Regd. 1870 –1885?. Birkenhead
Street Railway Company After
1860‑ . Horse Trams. Birkenhead
Tramways Co.
Inc. by Special Act 1877. in Liquidation 1889. Birmingham
& Aston Tramways Co. Ld.
Regd.1881- 1903. Birmingham
& District Tramways Co. Ld.
Regd.1871. Vol.Liq. 6/4/1876. Birmingham
& Suburban Tramways Co. Ld. 1883‑1883.
Name changed. vol.liq. 5/8/189 Birmingham
Central Tramways Co. Ld.
Regd 1883 Barnsley
& District Electric Traction Co. Ltd. formed 1902- [1913 ?] Birmingham
Tramways & Omnibus Co. Ld. 1876‑1885. Blackburn & Over Darwen Tramways Co. Inc. by Special Act 1879. Undertaking
sold to respective Corporations, in or before 1900 Black
Country Tramways Estates Ld. (The). 1930- Bradford
& District Tramways Co. Ld.
Regd. 1888. Reciever April 1891. Bradford
& Shelf Tramways Co. Ld. Regd.
1884. vol.liq. 17/3/1902. Bradford
District Steam Tramways Ld. Regd.1885.
rfr1906. Bradford
Tramways & Omnibus Co. Ld.
Regd.1882. vol.liq. 3/5/1902. Brighton
& Rottingdean Seashore Electric Tramroad Co.
Inc.
by Special Act 1893. Powers lapsed.
vol.1910. SC: RDOC‑1979. p70 another one that may not have
operated. Brighton District Tramways Co 1882-1888. British
Electric Street Tramways Ld. Regd.1900.
vol.liq. 2/12/1902 Burnley & District Tramways Co. Ld. Regd. 1881 gone by 1902 Cardiff
District & Penrath Harbour Tramway Co. Ld. .1880 –[ 1903?] Cavan,
Leitrim & Roscommon Light Railway & Tramway Co. Ld.
1883‑1895. Cavehill & Whitewell Tramway Co. Inc by Order in Council 1881. Undertaking & Assets ‑ Belfast Corporation in 1910. Chorley & District Tramways Ld. 1909-1912. 9did this get off the drawing board? City
of Birmingham Tramways Co. Ld.
Regd. 1896. vol.liq. 31/5/1912 City of Oxford Elecric Tramways Ltd.1906‑ Clontarf
& Hill of Howth Tramroad Co.
Inc. by Special Act 1898.
CO. to wind up. 1/7/1941. Colinton
Tramways Co. Inc. by Provisional
Order 1909. vol 1912. [Suburb of
Edinburgh] pilot only?. Coventry
& District Tramways Co. Inc.
by Special Act 1880. Propety seized
by debenture holders 1892. & then
sold. Coventry
Electric Tramways Co. Inc.
by Special Act 1897.- 1912 Coventry
Electric Tramways Ld. Regd.
1893. vol.liq. 1/1/1898. Assets
sold to Coventry Electric Tramways Co.
fmr.5/6/1899. vol.1898. SC:
RDOC‑1979. p140 Deame
District Light Railway Committee
opened in 1924 gone by 1933 owned
by the Urban District Councils of Wombell, Wath‑upon‑Deame,
Bolton‑upon‑Deame and Thurnscoe definitely ran trams.. Dewsbury,
Batley & Birstal Tramways Co. Ld.
Regd.1872. vol.liq.4/12/1905. Douglas
& Laxey Coast Electric Tramway Ld. Later Isle of Man Trams. Douglas
Southern Electric Tramways Ld.
Regd.1895. vol.liq.
14/5/1926. Dublin
& Blessington Steam Tramway Co. 1887-
1928. Dublin
& Lucan Electric Railway Co.
Inc. by Order of Council as Dublin
& Lucan Steam Tramway Co. name changed 1900 Undertaking acquired 1926 by Dublin
United Tramways Co. (1896) Ld. Dublin
Central Tramaways Co. ‑1881.
Amalgamated with Dublin United Tramways Co. (1896) Dublin
Southern District Tramways Co. dissolved 1905 Dudley
& Wolverhampton Tramways Ld.
Regd. 1893. -1898.. Dudley,
Sedgley & Wolverhampton Tramways Co. Ld.
Regd.1879-1887wound up tothen dissolve 1890 Dudley
& Stourbridge Steam Tramways Co. Ld. 1882 -1898. Dudley,
Stourbridge & District Electric Traction Co. Ld 1898-1930 Dudley,
Stourbridge & Kingswinford Tramways Co.Ld. 1880‑1882. Dumbarton
Burgh & County Tramways Co. Ld.
Regd.1907. vol.liq.
Mar.1928. Dunfermline
& District Tramways Co. 1906 - name changed July 1929. Dundee
Tramway & Carriage Co. Ld. 1900 vol.liq. Jan.1920 Dundee
& District Tramway Co. Ld. . 1877
-1900.. Dundee,
Broughty Ferry & District Traction Co.
( Formerly Dundee, Broughty Ferry & District Tramways Co.)
in liquidation, all shares owned by Dundee,
Broughty Ferry & District Tramways Co. Ld. vol.1932. SC: RDOC‑1979. p161. Dundee,
Broughty Ferry & District Tramways Co. Ld. Regd.1905. vol.liq.
3/6/1932. fmr.9/10/1934.
vol.1933. Dundee,
Broughty Ferry & District Tramways Co. Ld.
1931 bought by the Corporation.
SC: BBF. No.21 p8. Edinburgh
& District Tramways Co. [Dick
Kerr & Co. Ltd].; lease expired in 1919 Edinburgh
Northern Tramways Co. 1888 – 1896 Edinburgh
Street Tramways Co. [horse tram] 1871
-1893. Falkirk
& District Traction Co. Inc.
by Special Act 1901 as Falkirk
& District Tramways Co; name changed by Act of 1929.
Regd. Sept.1942 Vol.liq. 17/11/1943 Fife
Tramway Light & Power Co. Ld.
Regd.1909. vol.liq. 17/11/1943. Falkirk
& District Tramways Co. Ld. 1914‑1920 Glasgow
& Ibrox Tramway Co. Ld.
Inc.
1877. Line sold to
Govan Commissioners.
vol.1892 Glasgow
Tramway & Omnibus Co. Ld.
Regd.
1871. rfr.1908.
Glyn
Valley Tramways. Inc.
by Special Act 1866 as Ellesmere
& Glyn Valley Railway; name changed by Act of 1870. Gravesend & Northfleet Electric Tramways Ld. 1901?1930. Great Eastern London Suburban Tramways & Omnibus Co. Ld. Regd.1897. vol.liq. May 191 Great
Orme Tramway Company 1902/03‑
1948. Great
Orme Cable Tramway 1948- operated
by Llandudno Urban District Council Guernsey
Steam Tramways Co. Ld. Regd.
1878. vol.liq.
Nov.1888. Hamilton, Motherwell & Wishaw Tramways Co 1900-1903 name changed Harrow Road & Paddington Tramways Co. Inc. by Special Act 1886. Wound up. Undertaking ? share distribution August 1906. vol.1907. Hastings
Tramways. `In 1955 Chatham & District was absorbed by the parent company,
and two years later
the same happened to Hastings Tramways Sc.
BBF. No1. p25 [may refer to Hastings
& District Electric Tramways Co. Ld as source is not careful about dating or
strict naming]. Isle
of Man Tramways & Electric Power Co. Ld.
Inc. 1893. CO.wu. 11/7/1900 Jersey
Railways & Tramways Ld. Inc.
1896. vol.liq. 1937 Keighley
Tramways Co. Ld. Regd.
1887. vol.liq. 14/11/1901. Lanarkshire
Tramways Co. in 1903- 1929 name changed. Lancashire United Tramways Ld. Lancaster & District Tramways Co.
Ld. Regd. 1888.
Reciever App.7/10/1925. Ceased to
act 16/6/1926 Lea
Bridge, Leyton & Walthamstow Tramways Co.
Inc. by Special Act 1889 Undertaking
sold ‑ Leyton Urban District Council. [Payout 1/8/1905] Leeds
Tramways Co. Inc. by
Special Act 1872. vol.liq. 1896.
Leicester Tramways Co. Inc. by Special Act 1877. vol.liq. [?] 3/12/1902. Liverpool
United Tramways & Omnibus Co. Founded
1860 as Liverpool
Road & Railway Omnibus Co. Ld.; name changed 1876. Inc.
by Special Act 1879. Taken over
‑ Corporation. Vol.1898. SC: RDOC‑1979. p289. Llandudno
& District Electric Tramway Construction Co. Ld 1906-1909; name changed to Llandudno
& Colwyn Bay Electric Railway Ld, 1909-1961 London, Camberwell & Dulwich Tramways Co. Inc. Special Act 1882. Undertaking ? London C.C. 1904 London, Deptford & Greenwich Tramways Ld. 1891?1905[Ld]. London Street Tramways Co. Inc. Special Act 1870. Undertaking sold & Assets realised 1910 London Southern Tramways Co. Ld. 1882?1906. London Tramways Co. Ld. 1870?1899. London Tramways Omnibus Co. Ld. Regd. 1882-1886 London United Tramways Ld. 1907?1933. Previously London United Tramways (1901) Ld. 1901?1907. Mansfield
& District Tramways Ld
Regd.
1906 name changed May 1933. vol.liq.
24/11/1937. Manx Electric Railway with Victoria pier. Line owned 1894‑1902. by Isle of Man Tramways & Electric Power Co. Ld Metropolitan Electric Tramways Ld. 1902? [extant 1906] -1933. Metropolitan Tramways & Omnibus Co. Ld. 1894?1902. Newcastle
& Gosforth Tramways & Carriage Co. Ld.
Regd. 1888. vol.liq. 9/5/1901 Newport
(Monmouthshire) Tramways. Regd.1873.
vol.liq. 3/12/1894. North London Tramways Co. Inc. 1878 & 1882. Line sold to North Metropolitan Tramways Co. Inc. Special Act 1869. vol.liq. 21/2/1912 North Staffordshire Tramways Co. Ld. Regd.1878. vol.liq. 4/3/1932. Northampton
Street Tramways Co. Inc.
Special Act 1880. in liq. 1903. Nottingham
& District Tramways Co. Ld. Regd.1877.
vol.liq. 10/9/1897 Oxford
& Aylesbury Tramroad Co. Inc.
Special Act 1883. as Oxford,
Aylesbury & Metropolitan Junction Railway; name changed Act 1888. Oxford & District Tramways Co. Ltd. Oxford
& District Tramways Co. Ltd. 1880‑1906 Paisley District Tramways Co. Inc. Provisional Order 1901 by Act 1923 Company placed [August] in vol.liq. vol.1924. Perth
& District Tramways Co. Ld.
Regd. 1891. vol.liq.
March 1904. Preston Tramways Co. Inc. 1878. Undertaking [ 1/5/1887] ? Corporation. Ramsgate & Margate Tramways Co. Inc. Special Act 1881. in liq.1885. Rhondda
Tramways Electric Supply Co. Ld. Regd.1907.
vol.liq. 27/4/1939 Rothesay
Tramways Co. Ld. Regd. 1879.
vol.liq. 31/10/1949 Scarborough
South Cliff Tramway Co. Ld. Regd.1873.
vol.liq. 28/3/1966. Somersetshire
Tramways Co. Ld. Regd.1891 as Somerton, Keinton, Manderville, Castle Cary & Evercreech Tramway Syndicate Ld.
name changed October 1894.
vol.liq. 17/5/1898. fmr.
12/11/1901. vol.1899. SC: RDOC‑1979. p458. South Eastern Metropolitan Tramways Co. Ld. 1902?1902. Previously South Eastern Metropolitan Tramways Co. Inc. 1888?1902.. South Lancashire Tramways & Electric Power Co. South London Tramways Co. Ld. 1902?1903. Previously South London Tramways Co. 1879?1902. South Metropolitan Electric Tramways & Lighting Co. Ld. 1904?1933. previously County of Surrey Electrical Power Distribution Co. Ld. 1899?1904. South
Shields Tramway & Carriage Co. Ld.
Regd. 1887. vol.liq.
23/4/1906. South
Staffordshire & Birmingham District Steam Tramways Co. Ld. 1882-1889 South
Staffordshire Tramways Co. Ld 1889-
Ld. Aug. 1930 South
Staffordshire Tramways (Lessee) Co. Ld. Regd.
1899. vol.liq. 22/12/1930. Southport
& Lytham Tramroad Co. Inc.
Special Act 1899 as Southport
District Tramroad Co. wu &
dissolved by Act 1910. vol.1910. Southport
District Tramroad Co. Southport
Tramways Co. Ld. Regd. 1871.
vol.liq. 22/5/1918. Southwark & Deptford Tramways Co. 1879?1891 St.
Helens & District Tramways Co. Inc.
1879. in liq. 1890. Stirling
& Bridge of Allan Tramways Co. Ld.
Regd. 1872. vol.liq. July
1921 Tramways (M.E.T.) Omnibus Co. Ld. 1912?1930. Vale of Clyde Tramways Co. Inc. Special Act 1871. vol.liq. 1895. under supervision of Court. Wallasey
Tramway Co. c1879‑1886 Wallasey
United Tramway & Omnibus Co. Ld. 1886‑1901 Wemyss
& District Tramways Co. Ld.
Regd. 1905. vol.liq.
6/4/1937. West Metropolitan Tramways Co. ?1894. West
Yorkshire Tramways Co. Inc.
Special Act 1906. vol.1911. Wirral
Tramway Co. pre
1895 ‑ 1897/1901. Wolverhampton
District Electric Tramways Ld. 1900
–1930 Wolverhampton
Tramways Co. Regd.
1876.-1901. Woolwich & South East London Tramways Co. Ld. Regd. 1880. vol.liq. 19/9/1905 Wrexham
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