Brighton and Dyke Railway Act 1881
WHEREAS by the Brighton and Dyke Railway Act 1877 (in this Act referred to as "the Act of 1877") the Brighton and Dyke Railway Company (in this Act called "the Company") were incorporated and authorised to make a railway between Brighton and the Dyke in the county of Sussex:

And whereas by the Act of 1877 the time for the compulsory purchase of lands was limited to three years and the time for the completion of the railway was limited to five years from the passing of that Act which received...