Severn and Wye Railway and Canal Act 1870
WHEREAS an Act was passed in the year 1809, "for making and maintaining a railway from the river Wye at or near to a place called Lidbrook in the parish of Ruaradean in the county of Gloucester to or near to a place called the Lower Forge, below Newern in the parish of Lydney in the said county, and for making other railways therein mentioned in the Forest of Dean in the county of Gloucester;" and by that Act the Severn and Wye Railway and Canal Company (who are herein-after referred to as "t...