Archifdy Ceredigion Archives
DB/40: Railway Records

Acc. 1390

Ref: DB/40/7

Series 7: MANCHESTER AND MILFORD RAILWAY COMPANY
DATE: 1860s - 1884
SIZE: 25 items
NATURE AND CONTENT: Papers relating to land purchase, financial transactions, proposed branch line to Devil’s Bridge, Devil’s Bridge Abandonment Act and associated plans.

DB/40/7/1
Papers relating to land purchase and holdings, payments to landowners and costs relating to agreements with Cambrian Railways Company.

REF: DB/40/7/1/1
DATE: 23 December 1862
SIZE: 1 item
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Receipt of notices received on 8 December 1862 relating to intention to apply to Parliament for Manchester and Milford Railway Act to extend the time granted by former Act of 1860 for purchasing land and completing works.

REF: DB/40/7/1/2
DATE: c. 1860s
SIZE: 1 bundle
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Lists of numbers relating to notices delivered to agents for service in connection with land purchase.

REF: DB/40/7/1/3
DATE: c. April 1866
SIZE: 1 item
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Affidavit of Charles Thomas Woosnam relating to land and holdings in Montgomery that belonged to his mother Elizabeth Woosnam, now deceased, required by Manchester and Milford Railway Company. Includes Elizabeth Woosnam’s burial certificate dated 16 July 1861.

REF: DB/40/7/1/4
DATE: c. 1871
SIZE: 1 item
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Receipt for George Spencer, Solicitor of Grays Inn, London, relating to Cambrian, Mid Wales and Manchester and Milford railway companies.

REF: DB/40/7/1/5
DATE: c. 1872-1873
SIZE: 1 item
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Draft document relating to costs dating from 1869 between Cambrian Railways and Manchester and Milford Railway companies.

REF: DB/40/7/1/6
DATE: 26 June 1873
SIZE: 1 item
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Document relating to costs for joint line and joint station between Cambrian Railways and Manchester and Milford Railway companies.

REF: DB/40/7/1/7
DATE: 9-22 May 1879
SIZE: 2 items
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Order for payment to petitioner John James Barrow of Holmwood, Kent, at request of Thomas White & Sons, Solicitors for the Petitioners.
1. Draft document
2. Final version

DB/40/7/2
Papers relating to proposed Devil’s Bridge Branch: prospectus, correspondence and documents relating to fees for surveyor and solicitors.

REF: DB/40/7/2/1
DATE: 1871
SIZE: 1 item
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Devil’s Bridge Railway Prospectus proposing a standard gauge railway line to connect the town and port of Aberystwyth with Devil’s Bridge. The Prospectus contains a form offering shares at £5 each.

REF: DB/40/7/2/2
DATE: 8 September 1871
SIZE: 1 item
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Memorandum of Agreement between George English Spencer, Solicitor of Grays Inn, London, and Frederick Rowland Roberts of Aberystwyth relating to intention to apply to Parliament to sanction line of railway from Aberystwyth to Devil’s Bridge.

REF: DB/40/7/2/3
DATE: c. December 1871
SIZE: 1 item
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Document relating to fees paid by Devil’s Bridge Branch Railway to George English Spencer, Solicitor of Grays Inn, London, and Frederick Rowland Roberts of Aberystwyth between 2 November and 27 December 1871.

REF: DB/40/7/2/4
DATE: 11 September 1871-17 May 1872
SIZE: 1 bundle
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Correspondence relating to proposed Devil’s Bridge Railway including letters from James W. Szlumper to Manchester and Milford Railway Company.

REF: DB/40/7/2/5
DATE: c. 1872
SIZE: 1 item
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Document relating to fees for James W. Szlumper for surveying land between Manchester and Milford Railway and proposed Devil’s Bridge Branch between June 1871 and January 1872. Work included trial levels and plotting sections.

DB/40/7/3
Papers relating to Devil’s Bridge Abandonment Act: petitions resulting from abandonment of Manchester and Milford’s proposed branch to Devil’s Bridge and legal documents relating to claims and expenses.

REF: DB/40/7/3/1
DATE: 12 November 1880
SIZE: 1 item
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Order on Petition for enquiries relating to Devil’s Bridge Branch Abandonment Act 1880.

REF: DB/40/7/3/2
DATE: 1880
SIZE: 1 item
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Document relating to claims against Manchester and Milford Railway Company concerning Devil’s Bridge Abandonment Act 1880.

REF: DB/40/7/3/3
DATE: 12 November 1880-27 July 1881
SIZE: 2 items
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Brief on further hearing of Petition relating to enquiry as to whether property of landowners and individuals has been interfered with or rendered less valuable by abandonment of Devil’s Bridge Branch. Two copies.
1. Copy for Petitioner William Barber
2. Copy for Petitioner William Pearson

REF: DB/40/7/3/4
DATE: January 1881
SIZE: 1 item
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Draft document relating to Devil’s Bridge Branch Abandonment Act 1880.

REF: DB/40/7/3/5
DATE: 24 March 1881
SIZE: 1 item
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Affidavit of John Thomas White, Solicitor, relating to Manchester and Milford (Devil’s Bridge Branch) Act 1873, Manchester and Milford Railway Act 1876 and Manchester and Milford Railway (Devil’s Bridge Branch Abandonment) Act 1880.

REF: DB/40/7/3/6
DATE: c. 1882
SIZE: 1 item
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Draft schedule of apportionment relating to expenses due to Devil’s Bridge closure.

REF: DB/40/7/3/7
DATE: 21 December 1882
SIZE: 1 item
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Draft Schedule of Apportionment relating to Devil’s Bridge Branch with names of creditors requiring payment.

REF: DB/40/7/3/8
DATE: 22 January 1884
SIZE: 1 item
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Affidavit of H.J. Fisher verifying apportionment relating to Devil’s Bridge Branch.

DB/40/7/4
Plans showing proposed lines, property and sections of land.

REF: DB/40/7/4/1
DATE: c. 1871
SIZE: 1 item
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Plan of Devil’s Bridge Branch showing proposed line, sections of land and properties. Titled ‘Devil’s Bridge Junction Curve’.
CONDITION: Fragile

REF: DB/40/7/4/2
DATE: c. 1871
SIZE: 1 item
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Plan showing authorised line of Manchester and Milford Railway in Parish of Llangurig, Montgomery.
CONDITION: Fragile

REF: DB/40/7/4/3
DATE: c. 1871
SIZE: 1 item
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Plan of unidentified location showing land and property.
CONDITION: Fragile