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Catalogue description Potteries Junction Railway Company: Records
| Reference: | RAIL 1180 |
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| Title: | Potteries Junction Railway Company: Records |
| Description: |
This series contains parliamentary papers and correspondence associated with the Potteries Junction Railway Company Bill 1863. It includes petitions against the bill, minutes of evidence and proceedings of the Select Committee of the House of Lords, and briefs in opposition to the bill. |
| Date: | 1863 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Potteries Junction Railway Company, 1863-1863 |
| Physical description: | 11 file(s) |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The Potteries Junction Railway Company was formed with the support of the North Staffordshire Railway Company to oppose the proposed Shrewsbury and Potteries Junction Railway Company (supported by the Great Western Railway Company). In the Potteries Junction Railway Bill 1863, it was originally proposed to construct a railway from Silverdale to the London and North Western Railway Company's line at Madeley but when the London and North Western's support was not forthcoming, the North Staffordshire Railway Company changed the proposal to a railway between Silverdale and Market Drayton. Although the Shrewsbury and Potteries Junction Bill was given preference by Parliament as being first in the field, it was subsequently rejected. The Potteries Junction Railway Scheme was successfully reintroduced in a North Staffordshire Railway Bill in 1864 as part of that company's system and not as a separate railway company. |
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