Severn and Wye and Severn Bridge Railways Act 1879
CHAPTER clxiii. An Act to provide for the Amalgamation of the Severn and Wye Railway and Canal Company and the Severn Bridge Railway Company. [21st July 1879.]

WHEREAS the undertaking of the Severn and Wye Railway and Canal Company (who are herein-after called "the Severn and Wye Company") now consists of main lines of railway extending from junctions with the Ross and Monmouth Railway, near Lydbrook, north of the Forest of Dean, traversing the Forest, and terminating upon the south at a bas...