• Reference
    BorBB19/1/1
  • Title
    Volume of railway Acts
  • Date free text
    1845 - 1968
  • Production date
    From: 1845 To: 1968
  • Scope and Content
    - Bedford to Bletchley, 1845 - London to York, with branches to Bedford etc. Great Northern Railway, 1846 - to consolidate the London and Birmingham, Grand Junction and Manchester to Birmingham railways, 1846 (loose inside) - Midland Railway to make a railway from Leicester via Bedford to Hitchin, and to Northampton and Huntingdon, 1847 - certain alterations in Hitchin, Northampton and Huntingdon extensions of the Midland railways, 1848 - to enable Midland Railway to build a line from Leicester to Hitchin, and branch, in view of lines in acts of 1847 and 1848 above, 1853 - for line from Bedford to Cambridge, 1860, with typed extracts from Town Council minutes relating thereto, 1858 - 1862 - for Midland Railway to construct new railways, and buy land in Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire, Bedfordshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire and Middlesex, 1862 - to construct a line from London to Bedford, 1863 - arrangements between Bedford and Cambridge and London and North Western Railway Companies, 1864 - Midland Railway to construct new railways, 1864 (loose) - for making the Bedford and Northampton Railway, 1865 - to change lines of Bedford and Northampton Railway, 1866 ( typescript) - a similar act, 1867 - additional powers to Midland Railway, 1873 ( typescript) - further powers to London and North Western Railway, Great Western Railway, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and Furness Railway companies - dissolution of Buckinghamshire, Bedford, Chester and Holyhead, Lancaster and Carlisle, and Kendal and Windermere Railway Companies, 1879 - additional powers for Midland Railway and amalgamation with Bedford and Northampton Railway, 1885 - additional powers for Midland Railway, and to Great Northern, and London and North Western Railway Companies, 1890 - additional powers, Midland Railway, 1893 - with extract from House of Commons (Cont'd) debate, speech of Sir Frank Markham re Railways, (North Bucks) 1959 - letter from divisional manager, London Midland region of British Rail re fares on Bletchley Bedford line, 1968
  • Level of description
    item