Bristol Port, Railway and Pier Act 1862
WHEREAS the making of a Railway from the Port of Bristol, to commence at or near the Point where the Hotwell Road in the Parish of Clifton passes the Pier of the intended Suspension Bridge over the River Avon, and to terminate in the Parish of Westbury-upon-Trym in the County of Gloucester on the Shore of the Old Channel at the Mouth of such River, and a Pier or Jetty into the said River from the Terminus of the said intended Railway, would be of great local and public Advantage: And whereas ...