Midland Railway Act 1856
WHEREAS an Act was passed in the Session of Parliament held in the Seventh and Eighth Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act to consolidate the North Midland, Midland Counties, and Birmingham and Derby Junction Railways, whereby the North Midland, Midland Counties, and Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway Companies were united into One Company under the Name of the "Midland Railway Company," and the said Railways and all Branches thereof respectively were vested in the s...