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GWR Route: Birmingham and Henley in Arden Railway
Company
Lapworth to Henley in Arden Branch Line: gwrha3909
Copies of the front pages of the initial Acts of Parliament
relating to the Henley-in-Arden Railway.
The first Act was granted on 28th June 1861 for the
construction of the railway from a junction at Rowington on the Birmingham
& Oxford Junction Railway. The route was fixed, but the railway could be
Board gauge, Narrow gauge or both. It was required to be completed within three
years and the Act authorised the raising of £18,000 of share capital.
Once that had been fully subscribed further borrowing not exceeding
£6,000 could be made. Various clauses gave protection to the Stratford
Canal (which had to be bridged and at the time was owned by the West Midlands
Railway), details of how arrangements and agreements were to be made with the
Great Western Railway (with regard to using, working, maintaining and repairing
the railway) and the future tolls to be charged for Goods and Parcels, plus
rates to be charged for Passengers.
Although work on the railway had commenced, the promoters
had been over optimistic and it was severely under capitalised. A second Act
granted on 30th June 1864 indicated as much. This allowed an extension of one
year for the railway's construction and also authorised the raising of a
further £12,000 of share capital, while the Company's allowed borrowing
was increased by an additional £4,000. Unfortunately this was still
insufficient see 'gwrha2785'.
Robert Ferris
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