Skip to main content
Service phase: Beta

This is a new way to search our records, which we're still working on. Alternatively you can search our existing catalogue, Discovery.

File

Severn and Wye railway and canal

Catalogue reference: Q/RUm/366

What’s it about?

This record is a file about the Severn and Wye railway and canal dating from 1868.

Is it available online?

Maybe, but not on The National Archives website. This record is held at Gloucestershire Archives.

Can I see it in person?

Not at The National Archives, but you may be able to view it in person at Gloucestershire Archives.

Full description and record details

Reference

Q/RUm/366

Title

Severn and Wye railway and canal

Date

1868

Description

Plan and Section (volume, printed) Book of reference: Geo. Wm. Keeling, Lydney, engineer.

From the Severn and Wye tramroad near Wellington Colliery in West Dean to the Wimberlow Slade branch of the Severn and Wye Railway in East Dean, with branches to the Forest of Dean branch of the Great Western Railway and to Miry Stock, both in East Dean. Substitution of railway for the existing tramroad from the Severn and Wye Railway in Newland to near Wellington Colliery in West Dean.

Collieries (named).

Scale: plan approx. 27" to 1 mile

section horizontal approx. 27" to 1 mile

vertical 1" to 80 ft.

Size: 28½" x 21"

[Carried out according to this plan except for branch to Mirey Stock ; 22 - 23 Vic., cap. 137.]

Held by
Gloucestershire Archives
Language

English

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/475da144-8dbf-4484-87c4-cee4e278ff92/

Series information

Q/RU

PUBLIC WORKS LEGISLATION

See the series level description for more information about this record.

View series description

Catalogue hierarchy

279,602 records

This record is held at Gloucestershire Archives

5,630 records

Within the fonds: Q

Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions

1,672 records

Within the sub-fonds: Q/R

REGISTRATION, ENROLMENT AND DEPOSIT

928 records

Within the series: Q/RU

PUBLIC WORKS LEGISLATION

817 records

Within the sub-series: Q/RUm

Plans of schemes and sealed duplicates for public undertakings involving capital...

You are currently looking at the file: Q/RUm/366

Severn and Wye railway and canal