Holsworthy and Bude Railway Act, 1883
WHEREAS the making and maintaining of a Railway from Holsworthy in the county of Devon to Bude in the county of Cornwall would be of public and local advantage:

And whereas the persons in that behalf in this Act named with others are willing at their own expense to carry the undertaking into execution on being incorporated into a Company with adequate powers for the purpose and it is expedient that they be incorporated accordingly and empowered to make and maintain the Railway as by this Act...