Newport and Pontypool Railway; Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway; Brynmawr and Western Valleys Railway records 1845-1966
GB0218.D4071

 D4071/1 Subscription Contract for £90,000 to construct the Newport and Pontypool Railway, 21 January 1845. 1. Proprietors of the Monmouthshire Canal Navigation Company. 2. William Williams Phillips of the par. of Panteague, Mon., esq., and William Jenkins of the par. of Llanvrechva, Mon., esq. 3. Sir Charles Morgan of Tredegar Park, Mon., bart; Richard Blakemore of co. Heref., esq.; Thomas Prothero of Malpas Court, Mon., esq.; Edward Harris Phillips of Pontypool, Mon., esq.; John Jenkins of Caerleon, Mon., esq.; Alexander Waddington of Usk, Mon., sol.; Thomas Reece of Usk, Mon., esq.; Charles Conway of Pontnewydd, Mon., esq.; Henry Allen Wedgewood of co. Staffs., esq.; James Jenkins of Chepstow, Mon., esq. That (3) convenant with (1), and with (2) separately to subscribe £9,000 each to enable (1) to construct a railway to commence at or near PENTONVILLE within the borough of NEWPORT and to terminate at or near PONTYMOYLE in the par. of PANTEAGUE, Mon., such railway being the main line and branch from the PENTONVILLE TERMINUS to communicate with the NEWPORT DOCKS. A branch from the PONTYMOILE TERMINUS of the main line to a point within the par. of TREVETHIN, Mon., at or near SNATCHWOOD HOUSE. A branch from the last mentioned branch to commence at or near PONTNEWYNYDD ROLLING MILLS and to terminate at or near the junction of CWM FFRWYDORE with CWM NANT DDU. A branch from the main line to commence at or near LANDOWLAIS FARM in the par. of LLANVIHANGEL LANTARNAM and to terminate in the company's canal in the par. of LLANVIHANGEL LANTARNAM near the COLLIERY DOCK of Joshua Flesher Hanson. A branch from the main line to commence at or near the point where it will cross the CWM BRAN BROOK and to communicate with the PONTNEWYDD TIN WORKS in the par. of LLANVRECHVA LOWER and with the PONTRYDYRUN WORKS in the par. of PANTEAGUE together with all necessary stations, wharfs, landing places, warehouse, offices, erections yards, roads, communications, approaches, connections and works therewith. The Committee of Management of the company being fully authorized to alter the termini of the railways or the route or line thereof and vary the extent and situation of the stations and works connected with the railway. Witness: Henry Mostyn. 21 Jan 1845 

 D4071/3 Statement of the opponents of the Newport, Abergavenny & Hereford Railway detailing 'errors' or omissions from the plans and sections of concern to the owners of the land to be taken for the railway. c.1846 

 D4071/5 Memorandum of Agreement for the sale and purchase of lands for the Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway, 1852. 1852 

 D4071/7 Copy Summing Up of Lord Chief Baron Pollock in the Exchequer of Pleas in an action brought against The Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway Co., for the recovery of coal carrying charges paid in excess of that specified by Act of Parliament. London Sittings after Hilary Term. 1856 

 D4071/8-9  Agreements, April 1902 April 1907 1. Brynmawr and Western Valleys Railway Company. 2. The Great Western Railway Company. 3. The London and North Western Railway Company. To transfer to (2) and (3) the authority to construct and maintain the Brynmawr Railway, originally vested in (1) by Act of 1899. Apr 1902, Apr 1907