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South Wales Bailway. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT application is intended to be made to Parliament in the ensuing sessioo, for nn Act or Acts to authorize and empower the South Wales Railway Company to make, con- struct. and maintain certain lines of Railway hereinafter described, or some of them, or some part or parts thereof, with all proper approaches, wharfs, landing-places, and other works and conveniences connected theiewith, that is to say, a railway, commencing by a junction with the Cheltenham branch of the Great Western Railway, formerly known as the Cheltenham and Gieat Western Union Railway, at or near the point where- the same crosses the turnpike road from Glouces'er to Stroud, at Standish, in the county of Gloucester, and terminating by a. junction with the line of the South Wales Railway as at present authorized to be made, at or near to the town of Chepstow, in the county of Monmouth which said intended railway, and the works connected therewith, will pass from, in, through, or into, or he situate within the several parishes, townships, and extra- parochial or other places following, or some of them, that is to say, Standish, Oxlinch, Randwick, Standish-house, Haresfield, Slimbridge, Hurstsages, Stonehouse, Eastington, Framilode, Upper Framitodt;, torse, Moretou Valence, Whitminster other- wise Wheatenhurst, Upper Whitminster, Frampton-on-Severn, Saul, Epney, Lougney, Arlingham, Overton, Eretherne, West- bury-on-Severn, Stantway, Bollon otherwise Bollow, Chaxlev otherwise Chaxhill, Lower Lay, otherwise Leigh, Upper Lay otherwise Leigh, Northcot, Rodlev, Newnham, Ruddle other- wise Rudhal), Awre, Blakeney, Bledisloe, Hagloe, Etloe other- wise Etloeduchy, Gibbs Hall, Lydney, Allaston, Nass, Newarne, Purton, Aylberton. Alvington, Woolaston, Upper Woolaston, Lower Woolaston, Woolaston-grange, Ash well-grange, Blaisdon, 'l idenham, Beachley, Sedbury. Bishton, Church-end. VVebdeti, Stoat, and Lancaut, in the county of Gloucester Chepstow, Hardwick, Chepstow Castle and Wood, Saint Arvans, and Mounton, in the county of .Monniouih another railway com- mencing in the hamlet of Wotton Saint Mary, in the parish of Saint Mary de Lode, in the county of Gloucester, at a point adjoiniug or near to a lallecallerl the Asylum Lalle, near where the jails 01 the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway, and of the said Cheltenham Branch ot the Great Western Kailwav crosssucb line, by ajunction with the said Cheltenham Branch Railway, or by an independent terminus there, and to terminate by a junction with the line of the Monmouth and Hereford Railway, as now authorized to he made, according to the plan thereot deposited with the Clerk of the Peace for the county of Gloucester, in the parishes of Westbury-upon-Severn and Blaisdon, in the said county of Gloucester, or one of them, and near to the boundary between such two parishes as defined on the said ptan and a branch railway leading from and out of the last-mentioned intended railway, at a point on or near the west bank of the river Severn, and near to the bridge across the said river called Over Bridge, in the said county of Gloucester, and terminating in a close of ground called Sizes, in the South Hamlet, in the said county of Gloucester, adjoining or lying near to the-Gloucester and Berkeley Canal; and another railway in extension ot the said intended railway from Gloucester to the IV'onmouth and Hereford Railway, commencing at a point on the said last- mentioned illlended railway at or near Ihe Grange otherwise Grange Court, in the parish of Westbury-upon-Sever n, in the said county of Gloucester, and passing thenee to or near Ihe line of the. Forest of Dean Railway at Bullo Pill, in the parish of Newn- ham, in the said county of Gloucester, and terminating in the parish of Awre, in the said county of Gloucester, at or near a place called Hagloe Farm; which said two last-mentioned intended railways and branch railway will pass and be made from, in, through, or into the several parishes, townships, extra- parochial and other places next hereinafter mentioned, or some of them, that is to say, Saint Catherine, Saint Oswald, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Aldate, Saiut Mary de Lode, Saint Mary de Crypt, Saint Michael, the South Hamlet. Barton Saint Michael, Barton Saint Mary, Wotton Saint Alary, Yill of Wotton, Wotton Saint Catherine, Longford Saint Marv. Long- ford Saint Catherine, the North-Hamlet, the Town Ham, the Piecincts of the Mace, Poole-meadow, Saint Nicholas, Saint Owens, and Littleworth, all in the city of Gloucester and county of the same city the South Hamlet, the North Hamlet, the Town Ham, Poole Meadow, Saint Mary de Lode, Sair.t Cathe- rine, Saint Uswatd. Saint Nicholas,Saint Micl.ael, Barton Saint Mary, Barton Saint Michael, Till of Wotton, Wotton Saint Mary, Wotton Saint Catherine, Longford Saint Mary, Longford Saint Catherine, Kingsholm Saint Mary, Kingsholm Saint Catherine, Barnwood, Hempstead,Tuffley,Upton Saint Leonards Maisemoie, Over, Highnam aud Linton, Churchain, Lassington, Huntley, Minsterwnrth, Blaisdon, Longhope, Westbury-upon- Severn, Adsett, Elton, Rodley, Broaduak, Flaxley, Abinghall. Cleeve, Northwood, Stantway, Bollow otherwise Bolloe, Chax- hill, Lower Ley otherwise Leigh, Upper Ley otherwise Leigh, Northcot, Newnhain. Ruddle, Haydon-green, A wis, Blakeney, Biedisloe, Etloe-duchy, Nibley, Netherall, Hagloe, Gibbs Hail, JSiewland, the Lea Bailey, the Lea Hamlet, and East Dean, all in the county of Gloucester; also certain branch railways lead- ing from and out of the said first-mentioned intended line of railway at or near to a place called Brims Pill, on the west bank of the river Severn, in the county of Gloucester, and also at or near to the village of Lydney, in the same county, to the southern extremity of the Forest of Dean branch of the said Monmouth and Hereford Railway, to communicate with certain collieries and works, in the Forest ot Dean, and, it is proposed to take powers to alter the levels, and to divert,widen, and improve the lines of the railways or tramways, known as the Forest of Dean Railway, and the Severn and ^Vye Railway, and to abandon certain poitions of the snid »>vo;last- mentioned railways or tramways, and to make a new ra^ay or railways, in lieu thereof; which said intended biai;ch ralways, alterations, diversions, and improvements will pass from, in, through, or into, or be situate within the several parishes', townships, and extra-parochial or other places following, or some of them, that Is to nay, Lydney, Allaston, Nass, Newarne, Purton, Aylbeiton, Awre, Blakeney, Bledisloe, Hagloe, Etloe, otheiwise Etloe-duchy,. Gibbs-hall, Newnham, Alvington, Hewelsfield, Bream, Samt Paul, East Dean, Her Maiesty's Forest of Dean, Saint Briayels, West Dean, Whitcrott, Blake- ney Walk, Ruarde^n Walk, Little Dean Walk, Worcester Walk, York otherwise Park-end Walk, Ruardean, Lea, New- Jand, Little Dean, !\Iitcheluean, Christchurch, Miery Stock. Brierly, Mosely-green, Saint John's, Ayleford, Cinderford, Bil- sorn, Holy Trinity, Abinghall, Flaxley, Longhope Upper and Lower, and Blaisdon, in the county of Gloucester also certain branch railways from aud out of the main line of the South Wales Railway as now authorised to be made, that is to say, a branch railway from or near the 67J mile of the said railway, as marked on the plans and sections thereof, deposited with the Clerks of the Peace for the counties of Gloucester, Monmouth, Glamorgan Carmarthen, and Pembroke, to or near to a certain piece ot ground called the Pottery Field, in or near to the town ot Swan- sea, and in the parish of Swallsea j and also to or near to a point on the Oystermoutn Railway or tramway, at or near a place known as the brewery premises adjoining the highway called the Strand, in the said town of Swansea,and passing from, in. through, or into, or being within the several parishes, town- ships, and extra-parochial or other places following, or some of them, that is to say, Llaugefelach, Clase Higher, Clase Lower, Penderry Higher, Penderry Lower, Parcel Mawr Higher, Parcel ivlawr Lower, Morriston, Lansamlet, Lansamlet Higher, Lan- samlet Lower, Swansea, Swansea Higher Division, Swansea Lower Division. Swansea Town and Franchise, St. Thomas, and Johns juxta Swansea, in the county of Glamorgan; also two branch railways from between the 67th and 58th miles of the South Wales Railway, as marked on the plans and sections thereof, deposited as aforesaid, to communicate with the works called the Uanetty Copper Works, which last-mentioned branch railways will be wholly situate within the borough hamlet of the palish of Llanelly, in Ihe county of Carmarthen also a branch rail way from or from near the 14th mile of the South Wales Railway, as marked on the plans and sections thereof, deposi- ted as aforesaid, to or near to the town of Haverfordwest, and in the parishes of Uzmaston and Pieudergast, or one of them, and passing from, in, through, or into, or bring situate withiu the several parishes, townships, and extra-parochial or other places following, or some of them, that is to say, Walton East, Clar- heston, Spittal, Wiston, Rudhaxton, Camrose, Prendergast, Uzmaston, Slehech, Haroldstone St. issels, Haveiloidwest, St. Mary, St. Thomas, St. Maitin, Noith St. Thomas, :"ou,th St. Thomas. Furzy Paik, and Poorfield otherwise Portheld, in the county of Pemhtoke, and the town and county of the town of Haverfordwest. And also a brauch railway fiom or near the 137th mile of the South Wales Railway, all maiked ou the plans and sections thereof, deposited as aforesaid, to the north side of the New Passage Ferry across the River Severn, in the county ot Mon- moulh, and passing floro, In, tlllough, or into, or being within the several parishes, townships, and extra-parochial or other places following, or so.ne of them (that is to say), Portskewet, Saint Pierre, and Sandbrook otherwise Sudbroak, IU the county 01 Moninoulh. And it is intended, in and by the said Act or Acts, to apply for powers to enable the South Wales Railway Company to make and maintain one or more dock. or docks, and basin or basins, with all necessary wharfs, works, and conveniences con- nected therewith, on certain lands, being part ot the said close of ground called Sizes, and part ot a close or piece of ground called the Coggins, both in the South Hamlet, in the said county of Gloucester; and to supply the same with watei from the river Severn, and from the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal, or one of them, ihe waters of which saId canal ale supplieù from tbe fiver Severn, the river Frome, and the Stroud Water Canal. And it is also intended, by the said Act or Acts, to authorize and empower the South Wales Railway Company to abandon the formation of certain portions of their said railway, and the branch railway therefrom, as at present authorised to be made, and to make other and new lines otraitway in lieu thereof; one portion of such railway so to be abandoned, and ot such new railway so tf) be mlirle ill lieu thereof, commencing at or near to the 8tst tnileon the South Wales Railway, as marked on the plans and sections deposited as a lores.i id, and lermiualiDg at or near to the 99th mile on the said plans and sections and which new and substituted line of railway will pass from, in, through, or into, or be situate within the several parishes, townships, and extra-parochial or other places following, or some of them, that is to say, Lantiissaint, Caergawanaf, Miskin,Towo otherwise Town-hamlet, Gellywion, Ltanharry, Ltanitid. Llanharran, Llandyfodwg otherwise Eglwys Glyn Ogwr, Coychurch otherwise Eglwys Llangrnllo, Coychurch Higher, Coychurch Lower, Pencoed, Peteistonsuper-Montem otherwise Capet Lanbad, Llangeinor, Saint Brides Minor otherwise Llanaaintfred, Ynisawdre, (Joyty, Coyly Higher, Coyty Lower, otherwise Oldcastle, Bridgend, Trenewydd other- wise Newcastle, Trenewydd Upper, Trenewydd Lower, Bet- tws, Bettws lJ ppllr, Bettws Lower, Lalestone, Lalestone Higher, Lalestone Lower, 1 ythegston, Tythegeston Higher, Tythegeston Lower, Newton Nottage,Newton, Pyle, Kenfig otherwise Mawd- Jam, Skerr, Margani, Hafod-y-poth, Brombil, I iissaint, Llan- gouoyd otherwise Liangynwyd, Llangonoyd Higher, Llangonoyd Middle, Llangonoyd Lower, Cvvmdu and Baidan, in the county of Glamorgan another poition of such railway so to be aban- doned, and of such new railway so to he substituted, commenc- ing at or near to the 1.2nd mile 01 the South Wales Railway, as marked on the plans and sections thereof, deposited as aforesaid, and terminating at or near the 68th mile on the said plans and sections and which new and substituted line of railway will pass from, in, through, or into, or be situate within the several parishes, townships, and extra-parochial or other places follow- ing, or some of them, that is 10 say, Swansea, Swansea Higher Division, Swansea Lower Division, Swansea Town and Fran- chise, Saint Thomas, Saint John's juxta Swansea, Llangefelach, Clase Higher, Clase Lower, Penderry Higher, Penderry Lower, Parcel Mawr Higher, Parcel Mawr Lower, Morriston, Lan- samlet, Lansamlet Higher, Lansamlet Lower, and Castel Lhvcliwr otherwise Lougher, in the county of Glamorgan; another portion of such railway so to be abandoned, and of such new railway so to be substituted, commencing at or near to the 40! mile on the South Wales Railway, as marked on the plans and sections thereof, deposited as aforesaid, and terminating at or near to the 49th mile on the said plans and sections; and which new and substituted line of railway will pass from, i. thiough, or into, or be situated within the several paiishes, townships, and extra- parochial or other places following, or some of them, that is to say, Kidwelly. Saint Mary, SaintThomas,'Saint Michael, Maes- gwenllyan, Kidplwydd, Cilfeithy, Pengvvrm, LechduDny, Foren- ing, Llangadog, Penbre otherwise Pembrey, Capel Llandurry, Llan, Pendiyn, Llangyndeyrn, Blyne,TerTacoed.Cilcraw.Glyn, Gwempha, Llan Ishmael otherwise Saint Ishmael, Llan Saint, Iseoed, Treforris, Ystrad. Bioadley, Hall, Llanstephan, Llan- gain, Llandyfaelog, Cilymarcli, lscoed, Kidplwydd, Yscybor- lawr, Llandeveylog, Molfre, V ddole, Cloygiu, Llangynor,Upper Llangynor, Lower Llangynor, Llandre, Velindre, Coedaing, Penycum, and Penddaylun, Carmarthen, Saiut Peter, Saint David, and Llanllwch, in the county of Carmarthen; Saint Peter and New Church, otherwise Castle-green, III the county of the borough of CarmMtheo), another ponton of such railway so to be abandoned, and of such new railway so to be substituted, commencing at or near the 34J mile on tbe South Wales Rail- way, as marked on the plans and sections thereof deposited as aforesaid, and terminating at or near the 36th mile on the said plans and sections and which new and substituted line of rail- way will pass from, in, through, or into, or be situate within the several parishes, townships, and extra-parochial or other places following, or some of them, that is to say, Mydrim, Meithyr, Llanlihangel Abercywyn, andHangynog, in the county of Car- marthen; And anothel portion of such railway so to be abandoned, and of such railway so to be substituted, commencing at or near the 14th £ mile on the Monmouth branch of the South Wales Rail- way, as marked on the plans and sections thereof, deposited as aforesaid, and terminating at the 16th mile on the said plans and sections; and which new and substituted line of railway will pass from, in, through, or into, or be situated within the several parishes, townships, and extra-parochial or other places following, or some of them, that is to say, Landenny, Usk. Gwerhelog, Langevtew, Llanllowel, Llantrisaint, Lan- baddock, Langibby, and Tredonock, in the county of Monmouth. And it is also inteuded, by such Act or Acts, to take power to alter, or divert, or stop up all turnpike and other roads, railways, tramways, aqueducts, canals, streams, and rivers within the aforesaid parishes, townships, and extra-parochial or other places, or any of them, with which it may be necessary to inter- fere in the construction of the intended works hereinbefore referred to. And it is also intended, by such Act or Acts, to take poweis for the purchase of land and huuses, by compulsion or agree- ment, for the purposes of the said intended works, and for levying tolls, rates, and duties in respect of the use thereof, and to grant such exemptions fiom such tolls, rates, and duties as to the South Wales Railway Company may seem meet. And it is further intended, by such Act or Acts, to vary, re- peal, or extinguish all existing rights or privileges in any man- ner connected with the lands proposed to be purchased or taken, or which would in any manner impede or interfeie with the construction, maintenance, or use of the said intended works, and to confer other rights and privileges. And, by the said intended Act or Acts, it is further proposed to enable the Forest of Dean Railway Company to sell or let to the South Wales Railway Company the said Forest of Dean Railway, or any part thereof, and all or any of the works, pro- perty. rights, powers, and privileges of the Forest of Dean Rail- way Company in connection therewith, upon such terms as may be mutually agreed on and to enable the South Wales Railway Company to purchase or rent, and to use, exercise, and enjoy the same and also to alter or increase the tolls, rates, and du- ties now payable upon or in respect of the said Forest of Dean Railway, and to vaiy or extinguish all existing rights and privi- leges connected with or arising out 01 the same, as well as all claims, it any, to a participation in the tolls, rates, duties, pro- fits, or advantages arising thereout or therefrom, or connected therewith; and for the purposes aforesaid it is also proposed to alter, amend, and repeal, so far as may be necessary, the powers and provisions of an Act passed in the seventh year of the reign of King George the Fourth, intituled An Act for maintaining an existing public railway from the summit of the hill above Churchway Engine, in the Forest of Dean, to Cioderford-bridge, and for making public a private railway from thence to the river Severn, at or near Bullo Pill, in the countv of Gloucester, and for amending an Act of his late Majesty relating to the said railways." And, by the said intended Act or Acts, it is further proposed to enable the Severn and Wye Railway and Canal Company to sell or let to the South Wales Railway Company the Severn and Wye Railway and Canal, or any part thereof, and all or any of the works, property, rights, powers, and privileges of the said Severn and Wve Railway and Canal Company in con- nection therewith, upon such tenns as may be mutually agreed on and to enable the South Wales Railway Company to pur- chase or rent, and to use, exercine, and enjowe same, all well as all claims, if any, to a participation in tnctoUs, rates, duties, profits or advantages arising thereout or therefrom, or connected therewith, and also to alter or increase the tolls, rates, and duties now payable upon or in respect of the said Severn and Wye Railway and Canal, and to vary or extinguish al existing rights and previleges connected with or arising out of thle same and for the purposes aforesaid it is also proposed to alter and amend, so far as may be necessary, the powers and provisions of several Acts, passed respectively, in the 49th. GOth, 5lst and 54th years of the reign of King George the Third, and in the year of the reign of King George the Fourth, relating to the said Severn and W ye Railway and Canal Company, or some of them. And it is also intended, by such Act or Acts, to enable the South Wales Railway Company to purchase or take a lease of a railway or railways intended to be made from Tenby and Saundersfoot to the South Wales Railway, and also from Mil- ford-haven and Haverfordwest to the South Wales Railway, and also from, or from near the town of Neath, to or near to the town of Meithyr Tydfil, and also from or from near Hereford, to join the last-mentioned intended railway at or near Merthyr Tydfil aforesaid, and also from the city of Gloucester to the Forest of Dean, and to join the said hereinbefore first-men- tioned intended railway, and also from, or from near the Llynvi Iron and Coal Works, to the South Wales Railway, and also the Duffryn Llynvi and Porth Cawl Railway, or any or either of them, or any part thereof, and to raise and contribute funds for or towards the construction and maintenance thereof, and to exercise such powers as may be deemed expedient in relation thereto, and also to enable the company or companies, who are or may be incorporated for the purposes of executing such last-mentioned railway or intended railways respectively, or any part thereof, so to sell or let the same to the South Wales Railway Company. And it is further intended, by such Act or Acts, to enable the South Wales Railway Company to sell, or let, and transfer all or any of the railways, branch railways, and works herein- before-mentioned, or any part or parts thereof, and all or any powers of such company in connection therewith, or in relation thereto, to the Great Western Railway Company, or any other company or companies or persons, and also to sell, or let, and transfer the dock or docks, basin or basins, and the works con- nected therewith, or any of them, or any part thereof, with all or any powers of the said company in connection therewith, or in relation thereto, to the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal Com- pany, and to enable the said Gloucester and Berkeley Canal Company to purchase, or rent, or construct the works which may be so sold, or let, or transferred to them, and to exercise such powers, or any of them, and also to raise and contribute funds for or towards the construction, maintenance, and use of the said intended works, and generally, to enable the said compa- nies respectively to enter into, confirm, and carry into effect such arrangements in reference thereto as may be, or have been, mutually agreed on between them. And it is intended by the said Act or Acts to extend the powers and provisions, or some of them, contained in the seve- ral Acts of Parliament passed for making and maintaining the said Gloucester and Berkeley Canal to the docks, basins, and works connected therewith proposed to be made as aforesaid. And it is further intended, for the purposes aforesaid, to alter, amend, aud enlarge, so far as may be necessary, the provisions of the following Acts passed in the several sessions of Parlia- ment after-mentioned, relatingto the said Gloucester and Berke- ley Canal, namely, an Act passed in the thirty-third year of the reign of King George the Third, an Act passed in the thirty- seventh year of the same Jeign, an Act passed in the forty-fifth year of the same reign, an Act passed in the fifty-eighth year of the same reign, an Act passed in the third year of the reign of King George the Fourth, an Act passed in the sixth year of the same reign, an Act passed in the second and third years of King William the Fourth, and an Act passed in the fourth year of the same reign and also of the following Acts relating to the said Duffryn Llynvl and Porth Cawl Railway, that is to say; An Act passed in the sixth year of the reign of Kiug George the Fourth, another Act passed in the tenth year of the same reign, and another Act passed in the third year of tbe reign of Her present Majesty. And it is also intended, by sncli Act or Acts, to repeal, alter, vary, extend, and enlarge the powers and provisions of the South Wales Railway Act 1845. And notice is hereby further given, that maps or plans and sections of the said intended railways and branch railways, de- viations, alterations, docks, basins, and other works hereinbe- fore referred to, and of the lands proposed to be taken for the pnrposes thereof, together with books of reference to such plans, containing the names of the reputed owners, lessees, and occupiers of such lands, will be deposited, on or betore the thirtieth day of November instant, with the Clerk of the Peace for the county of Gloucester, at his office in Gloucester; and with the clerk of the peace for the city of Gloucester, and county of the same city, at his office in Gloucester, and with the Clerk of the Peace for the county of Monmouth, at his office in Usk; and with the Clerk of the Peace for the county of Glamorgan, at his office in Cardiff; and with the Clerk of the Peace for the county of Carmarthen, at his office in Dandovery and with the Clerk of the Peace for the county of the borough of Carmarthen, at his office in Carmarthen; and with the Clerk of the Peace for the county of Pembroke, at his otfice in Haverfordwest; and with the Clerk of the Peace for the town and county of the town of Haverfordwest, at liis office in Haverfordwest; and that a copy of so much of the said maps or plans, sections and books of reference, as relates to each of the parishes in or through which the said intended railways, and other works heteinbefore mentioned, are intended to be made, will be deposited, on or before the thirty-first day of December in the present year, with the parish clerk of each ot such parishes, at his residence. W. O. and W. HUNT. 10. Whitehall, November, 1845.

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