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Trent Valley Railway
Company

ENGINEERS.
George Parker Bidder, Esq.
Thomas L. Gooch, Esq.
SOLICITORS.
James Wheeler, Esq., Manchester
Edward White, Esq., Great Marlborough-street, London
George Birch, Esq., Lichfield
SECRETART—E. J. Cleather, Esq., Manchester.
BANKERS.
Lon lon—Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, Mills, and Co.
Manchester—Die Manchester and Salford Bank
Lichfleld—Messrs. Palmer and Greene.
Commencing at a point northward of the Oakley station, on the
Birmingham and Derby portion of the Great Midlands, this railway
will unite with the Trent line, and thence proceed to the towns of
Walsall and Wolverhampton, joining the Grand Junction Railway
and the contemplated lines in the direction of Dudley, Bilston, Kid-
derminster, Stourbridge, Stourport, Bewdley, rsnbury. Leominster
and Hereford.

Whilst by these means a communication of great local importance
will be opened between Nottingham and Derby, Burton, Lichfield
Stafford, the Potteries. and Shrewsbury,—the more important public
necessity will be supplied of bringing the producing districts of Lin-
colnshire and Cambridgeshire and the ports of the East of England
into direct contact, by a continuous railway route, with the great
mineral districts of South Staffordshire, the Bristol Channel, and the
ports of South Wales.

The length of railway to be constructed will not exceed thirty
miles, and the distance saved between the towns contiguous to or
beyond the respective termini will be about fifteen.
The country presents no peculiar engineering feature. The line
interferes with no ornamental property, and has the support of the
principal landed proprietors.
In the allotment of Shares provision will be made for landowners
and other local interests, and the residue will be issued to the publ.c,
being shareholders in the Trent Valley Railway Company.
Copies of the Prospectus, and forms of application for Shares, with
a map of the proposed Line, may be obtained on and after Monday, at
the Company's offices, 68, George-street, Manchester; from Mr.
Birch, at Lichfield ; or at the offices of the Trent Company, 11,
Bridge-street, Westminster.
June 14, 1845.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Directors of the Trent Valley, Midlands and

Grand Junction Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares in this
undertaking; and I agree to accept the same, or any portion thereof
subject to the'provisions of the subscribers' agreement ; and I further
agree to execute the same and any other agreement or deeds, and to
pay the deposit when required.
Residence ..........
Description
Date
Reference "
TRENT SCRIPHOLDERS MUST SUPPLY THE FOLLOWING

INFORMATION :
Total number of shares
Nos. of Trent Scrip

BRADFORD, WAKEFIELD, and MIDLAND
RAILWAY COMPANY.
Provisionally Registered, pursuant to Statute 7 and 8 Viet., c. 110.
Capital, 500,0001., in 20,000 Shares, of 251. each.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

The Right Hon. the Earl of Ilexborough, Methley Park
George Lane Fox, Esq., Bramham Park
Ellis Cunliffe Lister Kay, Esq., Manningham Hall
The Worshipful the Mayor of Leeds
Thomas Ackroyd, Esq.' Upper House, Birkinshaw
John Butterfield, Esq., Keighley
John Charlesworth Dedgson Charlesworth, Esq., Chapelthorpe Hal
Joseph Charlesworth, Esq., Lofthouse House
William Douglas, Esq., Spring Gardens, Bradford
James Gadesden, Esq., Ewell Castle, Surrey
Richard Hargrave, Esq., Leeds
Joseph Dempsey Holdforth, Esq., Burley, near Leeds
Robert Hudson, Esq., Ronndhay, near Leeds
Henry Hood, Esq., Roundhay, near Leeds
Henry Hudson Esq., Leeds
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Henry Jackson, Esq., Barnsley •
Edward Jowltt, Esq., J.P. Eltofts, Leeds
John Cunliffe Kay, Esq., Farfield Hall, Bradford
Samuel Cunliffe Lister, Esq., Branford
James Micklethwaite, Esq., Wakefield
George Peel, Esq., Horbury •
John Ramsdon, jun.,.Esq., Bradford
Richard Raywood, Esq., Barnsley
John Robinson, Esq., Silcoates, Wakefield
John Smith, Esq., Manningham Lodge, near Bradford
William Statter, Esq., Wakefield
William Sugden, Esq., Keighley
Joseph Thornton, Esq', Kettlethorpe Hall, Wakefield
John Torr, Esq., Hull
Edward Townend, Esq.,.Cullingworth, near Bradford
James Wade, Esq., Bradford
The Rev. Georgeatkinson Walker, Alverthorpe, Wakefield
Edward Wand, Esq., Bradford
Isaac Wright, Esq., Bradford
Esronemt--Alexander M. Ross, Esq.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS—Messrs. Gregory, Faulkner and Co.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Taylor and Westmorland, Wakefield.
Solicitor at Bradford, Mr. B. Terry.
BANKERS.
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Dm:lon—Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills and Co,
Bradford—The Bradford Banking Company.
Wakefield—The Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank.
Leeds—The Leeds Banking Company.
SECRETARY—C. D. Atkinson, Esq., Wakefield.

The objects of this undertaking are to piovide the shortest prac-
ticable route betwixt the towns of Bradford, Wakefield, and Leeds,
and the most direct and independent communication to the Midland
Railway, and thence to the metropolis and the south ; also to open
the rich and extensive coal fields which abound the whole length of
the line.
This project will effect a junction with the Manchester and Leeds
Railway, near to the Wakefield station, and by means of a short
branch, join the Midland Railway near the Oakenshaw station.
The station of this line at Wakefield will be situate in Westgate, in
the heart of the town, and the railway will pass from thence along
the Wrenthorpe Valley, by East Ardsley and Churwell, effecting
at this point a junction with the Leeds and Dewsbury line. From
Churwell the route diverges by Fernley, passing between Black-gates
and Nisbet-hall, south of Fulneck to Leister Dyke, and thence to
Bradford, where a junction will be effected by means of a branch
with the Leeds and Bradford Railway, and its extension, thus afford-
ing the best means of outlet to Bingley, Keighley, Skipton, Kirby
Lonsdale, and to the west and north-west.
In addition to the importance:of establishing the most'direct practi-
cable communication betwixt the above-mentioned towns, this pro-
ject possesses within itself the elements of one of the best paying
mineral lines in the kingdom, passing as it does through rich and
extensive coal fields, extending the whole length of the proposed
route, great portions of which are already in course of working, and
will, by the favourable gradients of this line, be readily transmitted
not only to Bradford, and the north-west, where fuel is much re-
quired to meet an increasing demand, but also to the eastern coast.
It must be evident to any one conversant with the position of the
town of Bradford, that notwithstanding the importance to which it
has so rapidly risen, independent of ordinary facilities, either from
inland navigation, or communication by railway, it has not hitherto
received that consideration to which it was entitled, and it is only
fair, to assume that had it possessed the same advantages of direct
intercourse as other inland towns, its commercial prosperity would
have still more advanced.

Irrespective, however, of the importance of this line of communi-
cation to the town of Bradford, and viewing it in connexion with
other existing and projected lines of railway, it presents a most
important link in the chain of communication for passengers, mine-
rals, and general mercantile traffic, from Bradford to the metropolis,
and the south, and betwixt the eastern and western coasts. It will
also be the most available source for the transit of wool and general
merchandise from the eastern coast and the south to Bradford, and
for limestone, iron, slates, cattle, and other produce from the west
and north-west, to the south and east.
The important corn and cattle markets of Wakefield will, by this
project, be the means of diffusing still greater advantages to the most
densely populated districts of the West Sliding. The facilities of
transit for horned cattle from the north and north-west to Wakefield
have hitherto been extremely limited, whilst the purchasers of grain
from Bradford, Keighley, and the surrounding districts have, for the
want of a more direct route, been debarred from availing themselves
of the most extensive home corn market in the kingdom.
The advantages arising from this undertaking are equally calcu-
lated to benefit the manufacturing interests of the town of Leeds,
which will alike share with the towns of Bradford and Wakefield, the
shortest available route, not only from the eastern coast, by moans of
the Wakefield, Pontefract and Goole Railway, but also from the
south by means of the projected communication with the Midland
Railway, near to Oakenshaw.

Viewing this line as a cOmpleting link in the chain of communica-
tion, not only between the towns of Bradford, Wakefield and Leeds,
but also as effecting a junction between the Midland, Wakefield, Pon-
tefract, and Goole, Leeds 'and Dewsbury, West-Riding Junction,
Leeds and Bradford Railways, and the proposed extension to
Keighley, Skipton and the North-West, this railway will be the
means of connecting a greater number of lines, at present alike se-
vered, and unavailable to each other, than, perhaps, any other single
project of the like extent.
The facilities for accommodating the local traffic will best be
exemplified by the following table of distances :
_

Froui the station at Westgate, Wakefield, to the station near the
Court House, at Bradford
As the Crow flies the distance is .......... „ „ 12 „
From Wakefield to Leeds, by a Junction with the
Leeds andDewsbury Railway, near to Churwell..., 934 ~
As the Crowllles.... ...... •• • •
From Bradford to Leeds, by means of the same Junction 9 „
From Bradford to Leeds, by means of a Junction with

the West Riding Junction, near to Fulneck ........ 82i ,
As the Crow flies. .. ... • . •• • • • 74
These are points with respect to distances (taking into account
the peculiar features of the country), between the important towns
of Bradford, Wakefield, and Leeds, which will bear comparison with
the best laid-out lines in the kingdom, whilst in cost of construction
this project may be as favourably compared with any existing or
proposed line in the West Riding.
Irrespective, however, of the local traffic which must necessarily
pass along this line, as the shortest route betwixt the towns of
Bradford, Wakefield, and Leeds, and apart from the minerals which,
by its means, must find an outlet to the Wakefield, Pontefract, and
Goole, Midland, York, and North Midland, and Hull and Selby Rail-
ways, the staple trade of Bradford will receive an invaluable ac-
quisition. . _

About 200,000 packs of wool are annually sent to the town of
Bradford, for consumption in the worsted districts of the West
Hiding, upwards of two-thlrds of which are derived from the south
or south-east, and would, therefore, pass along this railway. Similar
remarks will, to a great extent, apply to bale goods, oil, groceries,
and general merchandise.
The gradients of the line will be peculiarly favourable, admitting
of an almost level plane of nearly rive miles in extent in the centre,
with descents in no instanee exceeding ono in one hundred towards
each terminus.

By the proposed Act the liability of Shareholders will be limited to
the amount of their several subscriptions.
Application for Shares may be made to the Secretary in the fol-
lowing form :--

TO TILE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE BRADFORD,
WAKEFIELD, AND MIDLAND RAILWAY.
Gentlemen—l request that you will allot me Shares at 251 each,
in the above proposed Railway, and I undertake to pay the deposit
of 11. 7e. 6d. per Share thereon, or on any less number you may ap-
propriate to me, and to execute the Subscribers' Agreement and Par-
liamentary Contract, when required.
Trade or Profession in Rill ...... . ....... ..........
Reference
Wakefield, June 17, 1845. •

REGISTERED PROVISIONALLY.
TRENT VALLEY, MIDLANDS and GRAND
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Capital, 500,0001., in 25,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 1/. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS.
CHAIRMAN.—The Hon. Col. ANSON, M.P., South Staffordshire
DEPUTY CHAIRMAN.--EDMUND PEEL, 'Esq.. Chairman of the
Trent Valley Railway Co.nrany
The Most Noble the Marquis .f Anglesey
The Right Hon. the Earl of Lichfield.
Tho 'Ugh Hon. Lord Viscount Leveson, M.P., Lichfield.
The Right Hon. Lord Alfred Paget, M.P., Lichfield
Robert Gardner, Esq. Dputy-Chalrunan 1
Joshua P Westhead Esq., Director
Henry Newbery, Esq. Pt
John Bradshaw, Esq.
George Sandars, Esq. ft
Henry Tootal, Esq.
PP ,
William Higgins, Esq.
PP
John Ridgway, Esq.
Pt
James H. Wanklyn Esq. „
Robert Peel, Esq., Bonehill House, Fazeley
Major Majendie, Pipe Grange, Lichfield
Richard Greene, Esq. Wyrley Hall, Lichfield
Thomas Landor, Esq., The Abbey, Burton-upon-Trent
Harvey Wyatt, Esq., Acton Hill, Stafford
James Walkinshaw, Esq., London
Captain Parkinson, the Polygon, Ardwick, Manchester
John Lille, Esq., Derby-house, Manchester
(With power to add to their number.)