Severn Valley Railway Act 1853
WHEREAS the making of a Railway from the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway near Hartlebury in the County of Worcester to the Borough of Shrewsbury, with a Branch therefrom, as in this Act described, would be of public Advantage: And whereas the Persons herein-after named, with others, are willing, at their own Expense, to carry the Undertaking into execution; but the same cannot be effected without the Authority of Parliament: May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be ena...