Catalogue description ROYAL VICTORIA HOTEL BRITISH TRANSPORT HOTELS, SHEFFIELD

This record is held by Sheffield City Archives

Details of SY/89/B
Reference: SY/89/B
Title: ROYAL VICTORIA HOTEL BRITISH TRANSPORT HOTELS, SHEFFIELD
Description:

Records from the Royal Victoria Hotel, Sheffield, adjacent to the now closed Victoria Railway Station.

 

The records were kindly donated by the resident manager, Mr W Wainwright
Date: 1938-1956
Held by: Sheffield City Archives, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Royal Victoria Hotel, Sheffield
Physical description: 6 Files
Access conditions:

Records are open for consultation
Immediate source of acquisition:

On abolition of South Yorkshire County Council on 31 March 1986, the records passed from South Yorkshire County Record Office, by agreement of the four South Yorkshire District Councils, to the custody of Sheffield Archives as lead authority
Subjects:
  • Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire
Administrative / biographical background:

The hotel was built in 1862 at a cost of about £15,000, to serve the Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway, and has been subject to a number of changes of ownership, currently being run by British Transport Hotels (British Rail)

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