The Hull and Holderness Railway Act, 1853
WHEREAS the making of a Railway from Kingston-upon-Hull to or near to Withernsea in Holderness in the East Riding of the County of York, with a Branch therefrom, would be of public and local Advantage: And whereas the Persons herein-after named, with others, are willing, at their own Expense, to carry such Undertaking into execution, but the same cannot be effected without the Authority of Parliament: May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the Queen'...