Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway Act 1873
WHEREAS the making of the railways herein-after described for affording more direct communication between Banbury and Cheltenham by way of the Chipping Norton Branch of the Great Western Railway and the Bourton-on-the-Water Railway would be of public and local advantage:

And whereas the several persons herein-after named, with others, are willing at their own expense to make and maintain the said railways:

And whereas it is expedient that the articles of agreement set forth in the schedule ...