The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-11-19 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL, ORMSKIRK, AND PRESTON
RAILWAY.

IVOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that application is
111 intended to be made to Parliament, in the next Ses-
sion, for a Bill for making and maintaining a Railway or
Railways, with all proper stations, erections, works, com-
munications, approaches, and conveniences connected
therewith, to commence at or near the Borough Gaol. on
the east side of Great Howard-street, in the Town and Bo-
rough of Liverpool, in the Township and Parish of Liver-
pool, in the County of Lancaster, and to terminate, by a
Junction with the Lancaster and Preston Railway at or near
the terminus of,the said Lancaster and Preston Railway,
in the Town and Borough of Preston, in the Township
and Parish of Preston, in the said County of Lancaster,
which said Railway and other works are intended to be
made and to pass from, in, through, or into the several
parishes, townships, chapelries, hamlets, and extra-paro-
chial places following, or some of them ; that is to say,
the Parish and Township of Liverpool, Kirkdale, Bootle-
cum-Linacre, Parish and Township of Walton-on-the-
Hill, Orrell, Orrell and Ford, Aintree, Netherton, Li-
therland, the Parish and Township of Sephton, Melling,
Cunscough, Melling-cum-Cunscough, Lydiate, Maghull,
Halsall, the k•arish and Township of Aughton, Bicker-
staff, Burscough, Lathom, the Parish and Township of
Ormskirk, the Parish and Township of Rufford, Glebe,
the Parish and Township of Croston, Bretherton, Ulnes
Walton, Mawdesley, Much Hoole, Little Hoole, Hoole,
the Parish and Township of Leyland, Longtou, Faring-
ton, Hutton, Howick, the Parish and Township of Pen-
wortham, and the Parish and Township of Preston, all in
the said County of Lancaster.
Together with another Railway or Branch Railway,
extending from and out of the said intended Main Line
of Railway, to commence at or near Adlington-gate-house,
in the said Township of Longton, in the said parish of
Penwortham, in the said County of Lancaster, and to
terminate, by a Junction with the Blackburn and Preston
Railway, in the Township of Walton-in-le-Dale, in the
parish f Blackburn, in the said County of Lancaster,
which said Branch Railway is intended to be made and to
pass from, in, through, or into the several parishes,
townships, chapelries, hamlets, and extra-parochial places
following, or some of them ; that is to say, Longton,
Farington, Penwortham, Walton-in-le-Dale, and Black-
burn, all in the said County of Lancaster.
Together with another Railway or Branch Railway, ex-
tending from and out of the said intended Main Line of
Railway, to commence at or near to Lydiate-lane, near
the Town of Ormskirk, in the Township and Parish of
Ormskirk, in the said County of Lancaster, and to termi-
nate at or near the Junction of Chapel-street and Church-
street with London-street, in the Town of Southport, in
the Township of North Meols, in the Parish of North
Meols, in the said County of Lancaster, which said last
mentioned Branch Railway is intended to be made and to
pass from, in, through, or into the several parishes,
townships, chapelries, hamlets, and extra-parochial places
following, or some of them ; that is to say, the said
Parish and Township of Ormskirk, Burscough, Scaris-
brick, Snape, Southport, Birkdale, the Parish and Town-
ship of Halsall, and the Parish and Township of North
Meols, all in the said County of Lancaster.
Together with another Railway or Branch Railway, ex-
tending from and out of the said intended Main Line of
Railway, to commence in the said Township of Ormskirk,
at or near to Greetly-hill, in the said Parish of Ormskirk,
in the said County of Lancaster, and to terminate at or
near to Blague-gate Collieries or Coal Pits, in the said
Township of Lathom, in the said Parish of Ormskirk, in
the said County of Lancaster, which said last-mentioned
Branch Railway is intended to be made and to pass from,
in, through, or into the several parishes, townships, cha-
pelries, hamlets, and extra-parochial places following, or
some of them ; that is to say, the Parish and Township of
Ormskirk, Burscough. Lathorn, and Skelmersdale, all in
the said County of Lancaster.
And it is intended to apply- for powers to make lateral
deviations from the Lines of the proposed works to the ex-
tint or within the limits defined upon the plans herein.
after mentioned or referred to ; and also to cross, divert,
alter, or stop up all such turnpike-roads, parish roads,
and other highways, streams, canals, navigations, and
railways within the said townships, parishes, chapelries,
hamlets, and extra-parochial places aforesaid, or some of
them, as it may be necessary to cross, divert, alter, or
stop up for the purposes of the proposed Works,
And Notice is Hereby further Given, that duplicate
Plans and Sections of the said intended Railways and
Works, together with books of reference thereto, will be
deposited for public inspection with the Clerk of the Peace
for the County of Lancaster, at his Office, in Preston
aforesaid, and with the Clerk of the Peace for the Borough
of Liverpool, at his Office, in Liverpool aforesaid, on or
before the 30th day of November instant, and on or be-
fore the 31st day of December next, a Copy of
so much of the said Plans, Sections, and Books of Rt.
ference respectively as relate to each of the parishes from,
in, through, or into which the said intended Railways and
Works, or any of them, are intended to be made, will be
deposited for public inspection with the Parish Clerk of
each such Parish at the place of abode of such Parish Clerk.
And Notice is Hereby further Given, that it is in-
tended by the said Bill to incorporate a Company for the
purpose of making, maintaining, working, and using the
said Railway or Railways and Works, and for conveying
passengers and goods on the said Railway or Railways,
and on other Railways communicating therewith, and for
other purposes, and to obtain powers for the compulsory
purchase of Messuages, Lands, Tenements, and Heredita-
unents, and to levy tolls, rates, or duties upon, or in re-
spect of the said proposed Railways and Works, and to
vary or extinguish all rights and privileges in any manner
connected with the Lands, Tenements, and Heredita.
ments proposed to be taken for the purposes thereof, and
to confer exemptions from the payment of tolls, rates,
and duties, and other rights and privileges.
Dated iis sth day of November, 1844.
LLOYD and WALN. Solicitors. Liverpool.