Mid Kent Railway (Bromley to Saint Mary Cray) Act 1856
WHEREAS the making of a Railway from the authorized Line of the West End of London and Crystal Palace Railway (Extension to Bromley and Farnborough) at Shortlands in the Parish of Beckenham in the County of Kent to Saint Mary Cray in the same County would be of great public Advantage: And whereas the Persons herein-after named, with others, are willing at their own Expense to carry such Undertaking into execution if authorized by Parliament so to do: May it therefore please Your Majesty that ...