The Mid-Sussex Railway Act, 1857
WHEREAS the making of a Railway with proper Works and Conveniences from the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway at or near to the Terminus at Horsham, through the Town of Billingshurst to the Town of Pulborough, with a Branch Railway from Pulborough to Coultershaw Mill in the Parish of Petworth, all in the County of Sussex, would be of great public and local Advantage: And whereas the Persons herein-after named, together with other Persons, are willing at their own Expense to carry such...