Archifdy Ceredigion Archives
DB/40: Railway Records

Acc. 1390

Ref: DB/40/4

Series 4: NEWTOWN AND MACHYNLLETH RAILWAY COMPANY
DATE: c. 1860-1863
SIZE: 10 items
NATURE AND CONTENT: Specifications for construction of the railway and agreements and arrangements with other railway companies and contractors.

REF: DB/40/4/1
DATE: c. 26 June 1860
SIZE: 1 item
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Specifications for works containing instructions for contractors David Davies and Thomas Savin and engineers Robert and Benjamin Piercy. Includes details of division of line, building materials, excavation work, bridges, fencing, turnpike, conditions for labourers and security for the line.

REF: DB/40/4/2
DATE: 30 January 1861
SIZE: 1 item
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Notice by David Davies and Thomas Savin announcing the dissolution of their agreement with Newtown and Machynlleth Railway Company with Davies becoming sole contractor.

REF: DB/40/4/3
DATE: 9 February 1861
SIZE: 1 item
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Heads of Agreement between David Davies, Thomas Savin and Newtown and Machynlleth Railway Company relating to Savin’s withdrawal from arrangements.

REF: DB/40/4/4
DATE: May 1861
SIZE: 1 item
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Draft agreement between Manchester and Milford Railway Company and Newtown and Machynlleth Railway Company to withdraw opposition to Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway.

REF: DB/40/4/5
DATE: 19 June 1861
SIZE: 1 item
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Agreement between David Davies, Newtown and Machynlleth Railway Company and Thomas Savin dissolving their original arrangement, with Davies becoming sole contractor.

REF: DB/40/4/6
DATE: 5 July 1861
SIZE: 1 item
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Articles of Agreement between George Hammond Whalley MP and others, Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway Company and Newtown and Machynlleth Railway Company relating to proposed joint activity.

REF: DB/40/4/7
DATE: 8 August 1861
SIZE: 1 item
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Heads of Contract and Agreement between Newtown and Machynlleth Railway Company and Great Western Railway Company relating to the working agreement for Great Western to work the line for ten years and the transfer of two engines and rolling stock from Newtown and Machynlleth.

REF: DB/40/4/8
DATE: c. 1863
SIZE: 1 item
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Draft petition against the Newtown and Machynlleth development by Manchester and Milford Railway Company.

REF: DB/40/4/9
DATE: 1 May 1863
SIZE: 1 item
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Heads of Agreement for amalgamation between Newtown and Machynlleth Railway Company and Oswestry and Newtown Railway Company.

REF: DB/40/4/10
DATE: 1 May 1863
SIZE: 1 item
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Agreement between Newtown and Machynlleth Railway Company and Oswestry and Newtown Railway Company for the use and working of the Newtown and Machynlleth Railway, and other agreements.