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The Severn Valley Railway Company (19th Century)

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The SVR Bill was presented in Parliament on 11 February 1853. It initially met with opposition from the 'Shrewsbury companies' which caused some delay and additional expense. The Bill proposed terminating the line at a point in Shrewsbury from which a connection to one of the existing lines could be authorised by subsequent legislation.<ref name=JM25>Marshall (1998), pp. 25-27</ref>
On Monday 30 May 1853, a meeting at Kidderminster chaired by the Mayor strongly supported moving the connection with the OWW from Hartlebury to Kidderminster.<ref>Worcester Journal, 2 March June 1853, via the British Newspaper Archive</ref> The proposal was advertised in the local press, following which a meeting took place at Stourport on Tuesday 16 14 June to express opposition to the move. SVR Chairman Jonathan Thorp attended the latter meeting and confirmed that "...''the promoters of the Severn Valley Railway never had any intention of making any deviation''."<ref>Worcester Journal, 16 March June 1853, via the British Newspaper Archive</ref>
After consideration in Committee, the Bill was passed in the House of Commons in July and presented to the House of Lords on 9 August. It received Royal Assent on 20 August 1853. The Act incorporated the Company and authorised it to raise £600,000 in shares and to borrow up to an additional £200,000. Powers were given to construct a railway from a junction with the OWW 5&frac12; furlongs south of Hartlebury and terminating in Shrewsbury, with a branch from Benthall Edge to Madeley. Opposite Apley Hall, the line was to pass through tunnels approximately 680 yards in length.<ref name=Marshall28>Marshall (1989), p.28</ref> The original estimate for construction of the line was £600,000, being £110,000 for land plus £490,000 for works.<ref>[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/17612/17612-h/17612-h.htm Handbook to the Severn Valley Railway, by J. Randall 1863]</ref>

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