Chard Railway Act 1860
WHEREAS the Construction of a Railway from a Point near to the authorized Line of the London and South-western Exeter Extension Railway near a Point marked Seventeen Miles Three Furlongs in the Parish of Chard and County of Somerset, on the deposited Plans of the said Railway to the Town of Chard in the said County of Somerset would be of public and local Advantage: And whereas it would also contribute to the public Convenience that a Tramroad should be constructed, commencing by a Junction w...