The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-14 00:00:00

PROPOSED RAILWAY from YEOVIL and
BRIDPORT to EXETER, with Branches.—Proposed Rail
ways from the Wilts, Somerset, end Weymouth Railway, near Yoo-
ala lway, at Ihninster, and to
and Exeter Railway, near
s to and contribution by the
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N :1, and near Bridport, to the South Devon and Bristol and Exeter
Rallways, at Exeter, with branches to Sidutouth and to Cha-mouth,
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Great Western Railway Company.—Notlce is hereby given. that
APPLICATION Is intended to be made to Parliament in the ensuing
session for an Act to authbl ;se the construction of the several
railways hereinafter mentioned, with all proper works and con-
veniences, roads and approachel.' onnnected therewith, that is to
bay'—
A railway commencing by a j
d Weymouth e unction w ;th the Wilts, Somerset,
inailwr nearcounty to a field in that parish, dis:inguished
an 3
ofmouth Dorset, R
o
by the number 24 on the plans of the said railway referred to in the
Act authorising the construction thereof, passing thence In, through,
or Into the several parishes, townships, and extra-parochial or other
places of Bradford Abbas and Clifton Maybank, in the county of
Dorset ; Yeovil, Berth ick otherwise Barwick, Stoford, Closworth,
Sutton Bingham, Pendomer, Hardington, Mandeville, West Coker,
East Coker, East Chinnock, Ilaseibury Plucknett, and North Per-
rott, or some of them, in the county of Somerset ; Musterton, South
Perrott, and Broadwinsor, orsopie.oftthem, in the county of Dorset;
Idtsterton, Crewkerne, Wayford, Winsham, Cricket Saint
Thomas, Seanorough, and Chard or some of nun, in the
county of Somerset ; Thorncombe, Chardstock, Hawkechurch, Stock-
land, and Dalwood, or some of them, in the counties of Devon and
Dorset, or one of them ; Axminster, Kilmington, Shute, Wilmington
Widworthy, Cotleigh, Offwell, Monkton, lloniton, Honiton Borough,
Abvliscombe, Buckerell, Feniton,Gittisharn, Ottery Saint Mary,
Taliaton, Whimple, Broadclist, Polt:more, Iloniton, Clist, Piuhee,
and Heavitree, or some of then, in the county of Devon; Saint
Sidweil and Saint David, lit the county of the city of Exeter; Saint
Paul, Allhallows on the Walls, and St. Edmund on the Bridge, or
some of them, in the city and county of the city of Exeter ; and
Saint Thomas the Apostle, in the county of Devon ; and terminating
in the last named paristi,ivt, or near Saint Thomas, otherwise
Cowick-street, by a junction With the l'ne of the South Devon

Railway.
Also a railway diverging out ,ofsthe firstly mentioned intended
railway at or near to Queen-street-road, in the parish of St. David,
in the maid county of the city of Exeter, and passing in or through
and terminating within the same parish, in a field in that parish die-
tinenished by the number 24 on the plane of the Bristol and
Exeter Railway referred to in the Act authorising the con-
struction thereof, and in or near to which field the said intended
railway is intended to form a junction svith the said Bristol and
Exeter Railway.
Also a railway diverging out of the said firstly mentioned intended
railway at Taletord, in the parish of Ottery Saint Mary, in the
county of Devon, on the north side of the road leading from Taleford
to Gosfori, passing teence in, through, or into the several par shea.
townships, and extra-parochial or other
places of Ottery saint Mary,
Tipton Saint John, Fen Ottery other. ise Yen Ottery, Harpford,
Stopford otherwise Stotord, Sidbury, Sidford, Salcombe Regis, and
Sidinouth, or some of them, in the county of Devon, and terminating
in the said parish of Sidmouth near the gas work', in a field adjoin-
ing Searle's brewery, on tho.weit-shie of the road to Exeter, with an
extension diverging thereout at a point distant about 25 chains to the
north of the aforesaid intended terminus, passing in, through, or into
the said parishes of Sidmouth, Sidbury, and Salcombe Regis, or some
of them, and terminating in the said parishes of Salcombe Regis and
Sidmouth, or one of them, in the field known, as the Marsh or Ham,
adjoining the beach, on the east side of Sidritouth town.
Also a railway diverging out of the said first-mentioned intended
railway in or near to a field called. Common Mead other, ise Lower
Mead, now or lately belmiging,ttiand in the occupation of William
Motley, situate in the parish of Chard, in the county of Somerset,
passing thence in, through, or into the several parishes, townships,
and extra-parochial or other places of Thorncombe, in the counties
of Devon and Dorset, or one of them, Chard, Cricket Saint Thomas,
Winsham, Chard Borough, Chaffcombe, Knoll St. Giles, Cricket Mal-
herbe, East Dowlish otherwise Dowlish Wake, West Dowlish, King-
ston, Donyatt, Broadway, Ilminster. and Ilton, or some of them, in
the county of Somerset, awl terminating in the said parish of ll-
minster in or near to a field in that parish distinguished by the num-
ber 41a in the plans of the Chard Canal Railway referred to in the
Act authorising the construction thereof, and in or near to which
field the said intended railway is Intended to form a junction with
the said Chard Canal Railway.
Also a railway diverging out of the said firstly men
in the tioned Intended
railway, in or near to an arable .field situate partly
Crewkerne, in the county of Somerset, and partly in the parish of
Misterton, in the same &tray, now or lately belonging to William
Hallett, deceased, and occupied by William Aplin, and situate on the
parish of
east side of the road leading from Crewkerne to Bridport, passing
thence ire through, or into the several parishes of 31isterfon, Crew-
kerne, North Perrott. Haselbury, Plueknett, and Merriott, in the
county of Somerset, and South Perrott, in the county of Dorset, or
some of them, and terminating in the said parish of Crewkerne in or
near to a field to that parish distinguished by the number 53 on the
plans of the Crewkerne branch of the Bristol and Exeter Railway
refered to in the Act authorising the construction thereof, and in
which field the said intended railway is intended to form a junction
with the said Crewkerne branch.
Also a railway comineneing by a junction with the said Wilts,
Somerset,
county of Dorset, in or near to a field in that parish distinguished by
and Weymonirßailway, in the p rich of Bradpole, In the
the number 15 on the plans of the said Wilts, Somerset, and Wey-
mouth Railway, hereinbefore referred to, passing thence in, through,
or into, the several parishes, townships, and extra.parochial or other
places of Bradpole, Bridport, Walditch, lliatium m
hapton, Burton
Ilradstock, Allington, Loders, S)rnondsburY,
Whitechurch Canon'.
corum, Netherbury, Pillesdon otherwise Plisdon, Broadwinsor, Bet-
tiscombe, and Marshwood, or some of them, in the ceenty of Dorset,
Chard,_ in the county of Somer et, and Axminster, Thorncombe,
Ilawkechurch, and Chardatock, in the counties of Devon and
Dorset, or one of them, and terminating in a field called Ridge, part
of Axe Farm, in the last named parish, in the occupation of George
Bradley and John Bradley, or one of them, where the same is in-
tended is join the line of the said first-mentioned intended railway.
ntgra th
peairnemetiinhi,lt or hrough,
other
or
into tnearthe t o
several a idace
parishes, called
pros,ssa,npda passing And also a railway diverging out of the said lastly mentioned in-
tended railway, in the parish of Marshwood, in the county of Dorset,
at or
places of Marshwood, Pillesdon otherwise Pilsdon, Bettiscombe,
Whitechurch Canonieorum, Wootton Fitzpaine, Wootton Abbotts,
Catherstone Lewiston, Charmouth, and Lyme Regis, or some of them,
in the county of Dor.et, and terminating in the said parish of Char:
mouth, in or near to a meadow field now or 1 itely belonging to the
Rev. John Dixon Hales, and occupied by Wiliam Valhi's, and abut-
ting en the eastern side of the road ieadiim awn Citaimouth to
the sea.
And it is intended by such Act to take power to alter, divert, or
stop up, whether temporarily or permanently, all such turnpike and
other roads, streets, railways, tramways, aqueducts, canals, streams,
and rivers, upon or adjoining the lines of the said intended railways
or works respectively, which it may be necessary to interfere with in
the construction, or for the proposes of the said intended railways
and works. e--
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And it is further intended by such Act to vary, repeal, or extinguish
all existing rights or privileges which would in any manner impede
or interfere with time construction, maintenance, or use of the seta
intended railways and works, and to confer other rights and privileges.
And it is fum tier intended by such Act to incorporate a company,
and to enable such company to purchase lands and houses by com-
pulsion or agreement, for the purposes of the said proposed railway,
branch railway, and works, and d
to
, a,levy
tolls,eri rates, and duties, in
respect of the use thereof, and to grant ta
n exemptions from such
to sell or let oi 1
tolls, rates, and duties, an ease the said powers in in rel t''
lug, with all or any of their po ion thereto, to the Great
and to enable
Western Railway Company,
rent,
and if ne.ea thei said last-mentioned
Company to purchase or
ireei to execute the said
and enjoy such
railway, and to use,
exercise, and
the purpose of powers, and to raise
capital for the purpose, or contributing towards
time becoming
establishment of, and eshareholders in, the said under-
taking.
And it is also Intended by such Act to authorise the sale or lease to
Exeter Railway ompany, and to the South Devon
the Bristol and .
verall f •
, 1 y jointly or se .y, o the whole or anpart of
Railway Comp! ,
• ilway secondly hereinbefore described, and ot the
thesaid intended railway
whole or any part of so
mueli of the said intended railway firstly
.
ibed as will be situate in the county of th it
e c y of
hereitibefore deser s 1
f saint Thomas tl A
din time parts 1 o .. le postle, in the county
Exeter, au
to enable such last-mentioned Companies, or either of
of Devon, and .
rent the same, or to contribute '
them, to purchase o• funds towards
and for those purposes,
the construction thereof, inese, or either of them, to
and also to enable
raise additional capital,
said Bristol
and the and Exeter Railway Com-
pany,lta Tway Compa:iiy,
i'S'outh Devon Railway Company, to enter into and
and the s:
uch arrangements as may be agreed on for the use
carry into effect b
' ' lee of time
nett Colman aforesaid portions of the said
in common by s
and-of the stations of the said Companies re-
intended railway !
thereon or adjoining thereto.
spectively situate
And for the purposes aforesaid it is further intended by such
Act to alter, ani id, and enlarge some of the powers an& provi-
along of the several Acts hereinafter mentioned, or some of them,
that is to say—the
several Acts relating to time Great IVestern
. .
and branch railwa • f
d tiro railways , 3 s waning part of that
Railway. an
id belonging to the Great Western Railway COM-
undertaking.
am
date us follows, that is to say--An Act of the fifth
pony, bearing
of the reign of his late Majesty King William
and sixth Years
107 ; an Act of the sixth year of the same reign,
the Fond'',
"p
of the first year of the reign of her present Sin-
cap. 38 ; an Act 91 ; an Act of the first year of the same
ia, cap.
jesty Queen Victef
Act
of fie
i second year of the same reign, cap. 27 ;
reign, cap. 92 ; an
seventh years of the reign of his said late
and
an Act of the sixth
nthe
Fourth, cap. 77 ; an Act of the first and
Majesty King Williai
reign of her said present Majesty Queen Victoria,
second years of the
the fifth year of the same reign, cap. 28 : an Act
cap. 24 ; an Act of
time same reign, cap. 10; an Act of the seventh
of the sixth year of 3; an Act of the eighth and ninth 3 ears
year of the same reign, cap.
an Act of the eighth and ninth years of
40
of the same reign, cal)• of the and ninth ears of the
the same reign, cap. 188 :
an Act
Set of the nintheighth y year of the same reign.
au .
same reign, cap. 191; and r
and Weymouth Railway:Act, 1845."
eset,
cap. 14 ; the "Wilts, Somerset'
and the .• Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway (Amendment)
Act, 1846 i" an Act of the seventh and eighth years of the reign