Bristol and Exeter Railway

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0097 COLL MISC 0027
Held at	: British Library of Political and Economic Science   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.lse.ac.uk/library ›
Full title	: Bristol and Exeter Railway
Date(s)	: 1839-1850
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: One volume
Name of creator(s)	: Bristol and Exeter Railway Company

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

When Parliament gave permission for the Great Western Railway in 1835, Bristol merchants began to argue for an extension of the proposed line to Exeter. Permission was granted in 1836 and Isambard Brunel (1806-1859) was appointed engineer. The line was completed in 1844. Over the next nine years branches were opened to Clevedon, Tiverton and Yeovil. Other branches followed in the 1860s (Chard, Portishead, Wells, Barnstaple and Minehead). The Bristol & Exeter Railway was considered to be a reasonable financial success and between 1844 and 1874 the annual dividend was 4.5 per cent.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers relating to the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company, comprising printed letters to shareholders, reports of directors, reports in newspapers and notices of requirement of land to build the railway, addressed to Charles Fox and Sarah Fox of Wellington, Somerset.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

One volume

Conditions governing access:

OPEN

Conditions governing reproduction:

APPLY TO ARCHIVIST

Finding aids:

No further list required

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Allied Materials

Related material:

Papers relating to the Company are held by the Public Record Office (Ref : RAIL 75, 80) and Bristol Record Office (Ref: 12167 (31-35)). See National Register of Archives for further details.

National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Output from CAIRS using template 14 and checked by hand on May 8, 2002

Rules or conventions:

Date(s) of descriptions:
8 May 2002; revised 20 May 2002