Surrey Railways Act 1801

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1801 c. xxxiii
ANNQ
QLJADRAGESIMQ
PRIM0
GI1
111.
REGIS;
cap.
33.
An
A&
for
making
and
maintaining
a
Railway
from
theTown
of
WundJwortB
to
the
Town
uf
Croydon,
with
a
Collateral
Branch
into
the
Parifh
of
Car-
palton,
and
a
Naviga.ble Communication
between
the
River
Thames
ind
the
hid
Railway
at
Wand/-
wortb,
all
in
the
County
of
#wry.
[21fZliia;v
1801.1
HEREAS
the
ma1,ing
and
maintaining
a
Railway
for
the
Preamble
PaEage
of
Waggons
and
other
Cxriages,
from
or
from
near
a
Place
called
Ram
Field
in
the
Pxifh
of
Wand@crth,
to
or
near
to
a
Place called
Pitlake
Meahw
in
the
Town
of
Crc
don,
and
a
Collateral Branch
from
the
faid
Railway,
from
or
from
near
Mitibarn
Con2mon,
to
or
near
to
a
Place
called
flack
Bdqc
in
the
Pariih
of
Car-
fini/on,
and
the
making
a
Dock
or
Bafo:1
for
Bdrges
and
other
Veffels,
with
a
Lock,
Cuts,
and
other
Works,
from
the
Lid
Railway,
at
or
near
Ram
Field
aforefaid,
into
W&dfworth
Crepk,
and
thereby
to
communi-
cate
with
the
River
Th~;n:e~
in
the
raid
Pari%
of
lfi-m,+,c~t5,
all
in
the
County
cjf
Szmey,
will
be
of
very
great
Advantage
to
fevtral
confider-
able
Manufai3ories
efi.ibliihed
In
the
Neighbourhood,
and
to
the
In-
5abiran:s
of
many
TOW~;S
and
I’laces,
and
of
a
very
populous
Country,
lying
on
or
near
to
the
Line
of
the
laid
intended
Rdway,
bf
opening
a
cheap
and
e?ty
CommunlcAtion
for
the
Conveyance
of
codls,
Corn,
and
[Loc.
63
Per.]
6E
all
47s'
4a"
GEORGII
1x1.
Cap.
33.
all
Goods,
W*res,
and Merch'irdize, to
and
fro9 the
Metropolis
and
othrr
Pidcep
:
.&~d
~
where
:Y
the
ieveral I'e-fons herein-afcer
named
are
deGrous;
z[t
their
QY~
Cons
dnd
Chdrges,
ro
nhe
an!!
rn+tam
thc
faid
iiircQ$e;d
Raliwiy,
and
Dock
or
Bdon,
an
r
Wor'.s
;
'bu:
car;-
not
eRcj
.the,
lame Mit,iout
t1.e
A
d
and
icy
of
Par1
afneiii
:
t-hrrefare
pleafe
Your
Maje!+y
thaj
ir
may
be
enaaed;
and
Eted
by
the
lGng,'s
mpft
Excelient
Majrfty,
by
and
wicii
the
A,dvicc
and
Conknt
of
the
Lo#d:,
S,,irirual
and
Tcmpord,
ind
Com-
mons,
in
ttiis
prefent
Parliament
affembled, and
by
the
Authority
of
the
fame,
That
I%J~mas
Skimer,
Gcosgz
Skepley,
Richard
Hoicwd,
yobn
Barchard,
John
Hilberf,
yaac
Hi
Yier,
RJL
bei
d
Gla
rer,
Gcqe
T{-ztf.,n,
William
Tate,
JVdtrr
Powell,
Thomas
Ciynoldi,
Jacob
Forjter
Xe;lx$ds,
James
Perry,
Wiiliam
Nim,
Richard
Shtpley,
Danid
B:ach[orJ,
Richard
FI~
nicg,
Richard
Bufl,
CYzliiam
Golding,
pfiph
Bstzwell,
Robert
CJ7ereJ
tt.'alltam
Were,
Wdham
For-
r
Kepolds,
Sumuel
Brooke,
JoJeph J;eabtrry,
3enjanin Patter-n, George
Day,
Cbarles
Be@,
Jmes
Ntwfirne,
Mic&
.I
Shep!ey,
Jonah
hmitb
WdJ,
Wdliam
PalZara,
High
Sheple)..,
Wzlkm
Cfiit,
lzmotby
Curris,
Rirbard Harris,
Ja/epb
Overion,
I€.?wy
Noare,
ThJmzj
JP7~r.$~ld,
Murrnodde
Longdale,
Florence
Toung,
Jofiph
Peel,
TG~,z
l'icv,
Richard
WinJanley,
William
Barlow,
William
Yerfee,'ll,
James
Howm!,
Richard
Howni
d
the
Younger,
Daniel
Pizdzr7
CbriJopher
Dunkin,
~l:
Ziava
Lapon,
George Martin, Samtrel
fhare,
GCOY~:E
Clarkfix,
Roirznirre
Wiihn
Clarkfin,
George
Boulton,
Jatnes
Farqu.Stsr,
Rdjh
Langton,
DnniJ
Langton,
Samuel
Scott,
the
Reverend
RJert
Hoh
Bzr,cker,
Jobn
Atkiz,h
Blanfiard,
yobn
Rivers,
John
Haaksan
Durand7
John
Brickwcod,
John
Hill,
Peter
Gih,
Fbomos
Glapman,
Henry
Weymouib,
Simon
Warner,
Mattbew
HGW~
d,
Wil4
.nz
Adat?$,
Jobn
PJlarrl,
7obn
Bellavy,
Georp
Cows
rn
1
Company,
AJer
Gddfmid,
TLoinas
Moxcn,
Mo$s
Zpinti,
Ben-
jamin
Cold/inid,
Abraham
GoldJmid,
James
PhilZ@s,
Edward
Brown,
and
their
fivcral
and
rr-fpeai,
e
Succenbrr, Executors, Adminifirators, and
Affigns,
fhall
be
and
hereby are united into a Company for
mafrinr,
cbmpkting,
and
maintaining
t4e
faid
Railway,
Dock,
or
Baron,
a&
0,ththrs
Works, according to the
Rules,
Orc!ers,
and
Diredions
hereinafter
merrtioned, and
flid
for that
Purp
fe
be
One
Body'
Corporare,
by
Incoqontcd,
the
Name
and
Stde
of
The
Surrey
Ihn
Raihqdy
Coh&my,
alld
by
that Natiie hall have
perpetudl
Succeaon,
and
hill
have
a
Comn:sn
Seal,
arid
by
thdt
Name hall and
mdy
fix
and
be
hed;
and
that
tl?t:
hd
Company
of
Proprietors
hall
have
Power
and
Au:hority,
fri>:n
2nd
after
the
pdfillg
of
this
Act,
and
at
all
Tidm
there
frer,
to
purch&
and
hold
Ldnds and
Hrreditamcnts
to
them
and
their
SUCCCKOIS
and
AGgns,
for
the
U1
of
the
faid
Underding
2nd
Works,
and
to
it11
or
difpofe
of the
raid
Lands and
Hereditaments
again,
witIiout
in-
curring
a:iy
of
the Penalties
or
Forfeitures
of
the
Stsiute of
Morrmdin
;
and
the
Lid Company
fhall
be
and are heby authorized
and
e~iipo~,yerr.d
by
tt;rmklucs,
their
Deputies,
Agents,
OlScers,
Workmen,
si,d
Ser-
vants,
to
make,
compkte,
and
nlaintain,
and
from
I
iine
to
Tim,-
to
alter a iia:lway,
10
be
called
7be
Surr.9
Lvn
Raiizq,
pzirable
W'agg.)n\
and
orhrr
C:irridgcs,
conflrutte,i
as
herrin'iftrr
mcntiofied,
from
zJr
from near
a
Place
called
Am
&eh?,
in
the
Yrrifh
of
lFcy;c-
z:gd
in rhe County
of
SM'reg,
tO
or
near
a
Itlace
called
Pit,'m:e
Alead~z,
in
thc
Town
of
mydm
in
the
Pariili
of
Cro;.don,
througi~
the
iaid
Parifli
of
Kam$wortk,
and into
and
through
the
Hamlet
of
Garrfatt
in
the
hme
Parit'h,
and
the
Parikes
of
S!rratbnm,
Tootjrj,
Wt
mbledoi;,
krqFiemr**
.
41"
GEORGII
111.
479
7flmbledcn,
Mwtan,
ih!dthQm,
Beddington,
and
Croydon,
and
the
Hamlct
of Wmh'on
in the
id
Parifli
of
Croydon;
and
alfo
a
Col-
lateral
Branch
from the
faid
Railway, from
or
from near
Mitcharn
Corn
ON,
in
the
faid
Pdrifh
of
A&cbm,
into
and through the Hamlet
of
Hallington
in
the
Parifh
of
Beddington,
to
or
near
to
a
Place ,called
Hqck
Bridge,
in
the
faid Hamlet
of
Kallington,
or
in
the Parith
of
Car-
fiahon;
and
all0
a
Dock
or Baibn,
with
a
Luck, Cuts, and other
Works, for
the
pagage
of
Boats, Barges, and other
Veffelq,
from the
laid
intended
Railway
at
Ram
Field
aforefaid into
Wandjwortb
Creek,
thereby to communicate
with
the River
Tbarnes
in
the
faid
Pzrrith
of
Waiza'jwwtb,
all
in
the faid County
of
Szlrrey
;
and for the Purpofes afore-
Their
Powem
faid,
the
fid Company, their Deputies, Servants, Agents, and
Work-
men, are hereby authorized and empowered
to
enter
into
and upon the
Lands
and Grounds
of
any Perfon
or
Perrons, Bodies Politick, Corporate,
or
Collegiate whatfoever, and
to
furvey and take Levels
of
the fame,
or
any
Part
thereof, and
to
kt
out and afcertain
fuch
PdnS
thereof
as
they
hall
think neceffdry and proper
for
making or altering
the
raid
Rail-
way,
Dock, or Baron, and all fuch other
Works,
Matters, and
Con-
veniencies, as they hall
think
proper and neceirary
for
making,
effedtiog,
preferving, improving, completing, maintaining, and
uGng
the
fame
5
and alfo
CO
bore,
dig,
cut, trench,
rough,
get,
remove, take, cur7
away,
lay,
ufc,
and manufaQure any Ezrth, Clay, Stone,
Soil,
Rub-
bifh, Trees,
Rcots
of
Trees, Beds
of
Gravel or Sacd,
or
any
other
Matters
or
Things
which may
be
dug
or
got
in
making the
fdid
Rail-
way, and
Dock
or
Bdfon,
or
other Works, or
out
of
the Lands
or
Grounds
of
any
Perion
or
Perrons adjoining
or
being convenient
or
contiguous thereto, and which may
be
proper,
requifite, or neceffuy
for
mnking, carryihg on, continuing, maintaining, altering,
or
repair-
ing the faid Railway,
and
Dock
or
Baron,
and ocher
Works,
or
which
may
hinder, prevent,
or
obfirue
the
making, ufing, or compleiing,
altering, extending,
or
maintaining the fame refprltively, according
to
the
Xntent
and Meaning of this
A&
;
and
alfo
to
make,
build,
ere8,
and
fet
up,
in,
cver,
undcr, or upon the faid
Railway,
Dock,
or
Baron, and
other
Works,
or upon the Lands adjoining
or
near
to
the
fame,
fuch
and
io
many
Bridges, Piers, Arches, Tunnels, AqueduBs, Sluices,
Floodgates,
Weirs,
Pens
for Water,
Wharfs,
Houfeo,
Warehoutes,
Toll
HouTes,
Landing Places, Weighing Beams, Cranes, or other
Ma-
chines, and other Works, Ways,
Roads,
and Conveniences,
as
and
where
the
laid
Company
hall
think
neceffary
and
convenient for the PLirpofeq
of
ithe
faid Undertaking
;
and
alfu
from
Time
to
Time
to
alter, repair, and
amend,
or
difcontinue the fame, and to make, divrrr, alter, wic!en, eniarge,
and
exrend
any
Ways,
Roads,
Pafliges,
or
other Works or Conveniencies,
as
well
for carrying
and
conveying
of
Goods,
WarFs, Merchandizr,
and
other
Articlcs,
to
and from
the
faid
Railway,
Dock,
or
Baron,
and
other
Wvrks.
as
for the carrying and conveying
of
all
Manner of
Ma-
terials neccffary
for
the
making, ere&ting, finilhing, altering, repairing,
m.tioraining,
amending, widening, or enlarging
the
Railway, Dock,
or
Bafon,
and
ochos
Works
hcreby
authorized
to
be
made,
or which
may
be
ulefiil
for
any
the
Purpofes
thereof;
and
allo
to
plxe,
lay,
work,
or
manufac7u:e
the
laid
Materials
on
the Lands
or
Grounds near
to
the
Piace
or
Pl~ces
w!iere
the
laid
Wurkc,
cr
any
of thcm,
hall
be
or
arc
intendcd
to
be
msdr, ere&ted, repaired,
or
done
;
and
all0
to
make,
fec
out,
and
,:pp&it
fuch
Roads
and
Ways
cxvcnknl:
for
haling
or
draw-
(
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