Archifdy Ceredigion Archives
DB/40: Railway Records

Acc. 1390

Ref: DB/40/8

Series 8: ABERYSTWYTH AND WELSH COAST RAILWAY COMPANY
DATE: 1862-1863
SIZE: 40 items
NATURE AND CONTENT: Agreement relating to construction of Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway and papers relating to opposition of Manchester and Milford and Newtown and Machynlleth railway companies and Harbour Trustees to proposed extensions, including line to harbour.

REF: DB/40/8/1
DATE: 20 February 1862
SIZE: 1 item
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Agreement with Thomas Savin, Contractor, to organise all aspects of Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway Company including acquisition and purchase of land, construction of lines, stations and works.

DB/40/8/2
Papers relating to opposition of Manchester and Milford Railway Company to Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway Bill, including briefs, petitions, proofs, instructions for cross-examination, and clauses introduced into the Bill.

REF: DB/40/8/2/1
DATE: 22 September 1862
SIZE: 1 item
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Private memorandum between William Chambers, Chairman of Manchester and Milford Railway, and R. K. Penson, Director of Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway, relating to traffic arrangements between the two companies.

REF: DB/40/8/2/2
DATE: 1862
SIZE: 2 items
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Petition of Manchester and Milford Railway Company against Bill pending for an Act authorising Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway Company to construct and maintain additional lines of railway. Two copies.

REF: DB/40/8/2/3
DATE: 1862
SIZE: 2 items
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Proof of William Chambers, Chairman of Manchester and Milford Railway, on behalf of the Company. Contains details of local railway companies and proposed line to Devil’s Bridge. Two copies.

REF: DB/40/8/2/4
DATE: 1862
SIZE: 1 item
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Proof of Hamilton Henry Fulton, Engineer to Manchester and Milford Railway Company, giving evidence against proposed extension.

REF: DB/40/8/2/5
DATE: 1862
SIZE: 1 item
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Petition of William Chambers, Chairman of Manchester and Milford Railway Company, in opposition to proposed Harbour Line and possible disruption to traffic affecting the coal, mineral and timber industries.

REF: DB/40/8/2/6
DATE: 1862
SIZE: 1 item
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Proof of Theodore Paul, Civil Engineer, Aberystwyth, to prove injury to harbour by proposed extension, and the objections of the Harbour Trustees.

REF: DB/40/8/2/7
DATE: 1862-1863
SIZE: 1 item
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Instructions for cross-examination of witnesses for the Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Bill. Contains details relating to agreements and progression of works of Manchester and Milford, Oswestry and Newtown, Llanidloes and Newtown, Mid Wales and Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast railways.

REF: DB/40/8/2/8
DATE: c. 1862-1863
SIZE: 1 item
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Draft document relating to opposition of Manchester and Milford Railway to proposed Harbour Line with instructions for cross-examination of promoters and witnesses.

REF: DB/40/8/2/9
DATE: c. 1862-1863
SIZE: 2 items
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Clauses introduced into the Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Bill relating to land rights, lighting for railways, bridge over the River Dovey, access to the
shore, preventing deviation of certain works, regulation of the Board of Trade, use of shares and saving the rights of Newtown and Machynlleth Railway Company. (Clauses 10a-f, 34a-b, 55a and 69). Two copies.

REF: DB/40/8/2/10
DATE: c. 1862-1863
SIZE: 2 items
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Clauses proposed by Manchester and Milford Railway Company preventing Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway Company from opposing an extension to their line at any point in the parish of Llanbadarn Fawr, to jointly use a portion of railway in relation to the harbour and Devil’s Bridge line, and payment of rent for joint use.
1. Draft document
2. Final version

REF: DB/40/8/2/11
DATE: c. 1862-1863
SIZE: 2 items
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Clauses introduced into Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Bill on behalf of Manchester and Milford Railway Company relating to proposed running powers and joint expenses. (Clauses 28 a, b, c, d). Two copies.

REF: DB/40/8/2/12
DATE: c. 1862-1863
SIZE: 1 item
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Brief to oppose on behalf of Manchester and Milford Railway Company petitioning against the Bill.

REF: DB/40/8/2/13
DATE: c. 1862-1863
SIZE: 2 items
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Instructions for cross-examination of Benjamin Piercy, Chief Engineer of Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway, relating to proposed Harbour Line and conflicts with Manchester and Milford Railway regarding construction of lines. Two copies.

REF: DB/40/8/2/14
DATE: c. 1862-1863
SIZE: 1 item
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Proof of William Chambers, Chairman of Manchester and Milford Railway Company, relating to agreements with the Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway Company and clauses introduced into the Bill. Document contains details of progression of railway works.

REF: DB/40/8/2/15
DATE: 4 March 1863
SIZE: 1 item
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Letter from Joseph Damine to Frederick Rowland Roberts, Clerk to the Harbour Trustees, explaining that while signing the Petition for the Harbour Extension he never intended to give exclusive control of the harbour to Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway Company.

REF: DB/40/8/2/16
DATE: 6 May 1863
SIZE: 1 item
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Clauses agreed between Manchester and Milford and Aberystwyth and West Coast railway companies relating to construction of Harbour Line, extension to the Aberystwyth Company’s line, joint use of a portion of railway and payment of rent for joint use.

REF: DB/40/8/2/17
DATE: 1863
SIZE: 1 item
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Brief to oppose the Aberystwyth Harbour extension and the junction with the Manchester and Milford Railway.

REF: DB/40/8/2/18
DATE: 1863
SIZE: 2 items
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Clause 69b: saving the rights of Manchester and Milford Railway Company. Two copies.

REF: DB/40/8/2/19
DATE: 1863
SIZE: 2 items
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Proof of Hamilton Henry Fulton, Engineer to Manchester and Milford Railway, petitioning against the Bill on behalf of the Company. Two copies.

REF: DB/40/8/2/20
DATE: 1863
SIZE: 2 items
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Petition of Manchester and Milford Railway Company against the Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Bill.
1. Draft document
2. Final version

REF: DB/40/8/2/21
DATE: 1863
SIZE: 2 items
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Opposition of Manchester and Milford Railway Company: further instructions as to agreement with the promoters and clauses, including clause relating to Machynlleth.
1. Draft document
2. Final version

REF: DB/40/8/2/22
DATE: 1863
SIZE: 1 item
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Opposition of Manchester and Milford Railway Company: observations on proposed clause saving rights of Newtown and Machynlleth Railway Company.

DB/40/8/3
Opposition of the Harbour Trustees to Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway Bill: documents including petitions, proofs, instructions for cross-examination, and clauses introduced on behalf of Harbour Trustees.

REF: DB/40/8/3/1
DATE: 1862-1863
SIZE: 2 items
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Proof of Frederick Rowland Roberts, Clerk for the Harbour Trustees, to prove the injury and monopoly of the harbour sought to be established by the proposed Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast line.
1. Draft document
2. Final version

REF: DB/40/8/3/2
DATE: 1862-1863
SIZE: 1 item
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Petition of Harbour Trustees against the Harbour Line signed by G. W. Parry, Chairman, and seven other Trustees.

REF: DB/40/8/3/3
DATE: c. 1862-1863
SIZE: 1 item
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Petition of Harbour Trustees, inhabitants and traders in Aberystwyth against the proposed Harbour Line and possible interference with plans for construction of a quay.

REF: DB/40/8/3/4
DATE: c. 1862-1863
SIZE: 1 item
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Draft document relating to instructions to cross-examine witnesses on behalf of Harbour Trustees, examining if interests of the public will be
injured, shipping interests injured, and if the railway will interfere with plans to extend the harbour and build a quay.

REF: DB/40/8/3/5
DATE: c. 1862-1863
SIZE: 1 item
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Clauses proposed on behalf of the Junction of Aberystwyth Harbour relating to construction of the Harbour Line, the road to St David’s Wharf, public access to the harbour and provision for settlement of differences between Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway and Harbour Trustees. (Clauses 9 a, b, c, d)


REF: DB/40/8/4
DATE: 1862
SIZE: 1 item
LEVEL AND ARRANGEMENT: item
NATURE AND CONTENT: Petition of Newtown and Machynlleth Railway Company against the Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Bill including opposition to proposed new line to Dolgelly. Document contains information on the history of the Newtown and Machynlleth Company.