Annotated list of Acts of Parliament relating to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Compiled by Mike Fitton This is a work in progress. The basic listing is believed to be complete, but the annotations require a lot more work. Updated versions will be made available as significant additions are made to the text. I would be grateful if errors and omissions can be brought to my attention. VERSION OF 31 MAY 2013 Notes: The basic list was derived from John Marshall’s history, The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, Volume 2, Appendix 2 (annotated ‘JM x’, where x is the number of the subsection within the Appendix. The availability of Marshall’s listing considerably speeded up the completion of the present list. Additional information was gleaned from the Office of Public Sector Information website at http://www.opsi.gov.uk/chron-tables/local/index Entries were then further checked and augmented from copies of the acts themselves (when marked MGF). It must be remembered that although an Act confers powers to do certain things there is no guarantee that they were actually done! An Act was the final outcome of the Parliamentary process and other documentation (the Bill, Deposited Plans, Proofs of Evidence, and Minutes of Evidence) may include valuable relevant information. The most important are probably the Deposited Plans (copies of which had to be deposited locally as well as with Parliament) because they are usually referred to in the Act. Note that Bills and Proofs of Evidence often went through several drafts, so a surviving copy may not be the final version. Entries are in chronological order. Arrangement and content of entries: The official ‘short title’, as authorised in the Act itself, is given first. Where this differs between sources all versions are given pending a view of a copy of the Act. The second line gives the date of Royal Assent (format dd.mm.yyyy, for example, 23.08.1831) and the Parliamentary reference (years of the reign of the monarch in that calendar year and chapter number, for example, 1 & 2 Will. 4. Ch. lx), together with the number of pages (when a copy has been seen). All the Acts are ‘Local’ Acts and the normal convention of referring to the chapter numbers of Local Acts using lower case Roman numerals is followed (to distinguish them from Public General Acts and Private/Personal Acts). The third section indicates subsequent Acts which affect the Act, for example, repeals, extensions of time, etc. This information is taken from http://www.legislation.gov.uk/changes/chron-tables/local and has not been checked and may have errors and omissions. The website has useful additional guidance and explanation, including a listing of libraries and record offices which have copies of Local Acts. In the fullness of time, following review of a copy, a fourth section will be added, providing a summary of the provisions of the Act. In the meantime Marshall’s appendix can be consulted for very basic information. List of Acts: Manchester, Bury and Bolton Canal Act, 1791 13.05.1791 31 Geo. 3. Ch. lxviii Manchester, Bury and Bolton Canal Act, 1805 12.03.1805 45 Geo. 3. Ch. iv repealed - Manchester, Bury and Bolton Canal and Railway 1831 (1 & 2 Will.4) (Ch. lx), s. 1. Wigan Branch Railway Act, 1830 29.05.1830 11 Geo. 4 Ch. lvi repealed - North Union Railway Company 1834 (Ch. xxv), s. 1. Preston and Wigan Railway Act, 1831 22.04.1831 1 Will. 4 Ch. lvi repealed - North Union Railway Company 1834 (Ch. xxv), s. 1. Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal and Railway Act, 1831 23.08.1831 1 & 2 Will. 4 Ch. lx see: Manchester and Leeds Railway 1846 (Ch. ccclxxviii), s. 1; London Midland and Scottish Railway 1941 (Ch. xii), s. 17. extended in part - Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal and Railway 1832 (Ch. lxix), s. 1; 1835 (Ch. xxx), s. 1; 1838 (Ch. xxv), s. 1; 1846 (Ch. cclxxi), s. 1; Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 1847 (Ch. clxiii), s. 3; 1849 (Ch. l), ss. 2, 27. repealed in part (prosp.) - Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal and Railway 1832 (Ch. lxix), s. 34. repealed in part - Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal and Railway 1832 (Ch. lxix), s. 32; 1835 (Ch. xxx), s. 11; Manchester and Leeds Railway 1846 (Ch. ccclxxviii), s. 39. saved - Bolton and Leigh Railway 1836 (Ch. lii), s. 31; Manchester and Salford Junction Canal 1836 (Ch. cxv), s. 174; Bolton and Preston Railway 1837 (Ch. cxxi), s. 55; Liverpool and Manchester Railway 1839 (Ch. xli), s. 78; Liverpool and Bury Railway 1845 (Ch. clxvi), s. 88. applied - Manchester and Leeds Railway 1846 (Ch. ccclxxviii), s. 2. applied in part - Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 1848 (Ch. cxv), ss. 2, 5. excl. in part - Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 1848 (Ch. cxv), s. 10; 1849 (Ch. l), s. 12. continued in part (s. 131) - Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal and Railway 1832 (Ch. lxix), s. 64; 1835 (Ch. xxx), s. 29. s. 32 amended - Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal and Railway 1832 (Ch. lxix), s. 33. s. 50 repealed - Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal and Railway 1832 (Ch. lxix), s. 2. s. 73 repealed - Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal and Railway 1832 (Ch. lxix), s. 26. s. 74 repealed - Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal and Railway 1832 (Ch. lxix), s. 34. s. 78 repealed - Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal and Railway 1832 (Ch. lxix), s. 14. s. 80 extended - Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal and Railway 1832 (Ch. lxix), s. 18. s. 81 repealed - Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal and Railway 1832 (Ch. lxix), s. 37. ss. 82, 83 repealed - Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal and Railway 1832 (Ch. lxix), s. 41. s. 84 repealed in part - London Midland and Scottish Railway 1947 (Ch. xxxv), s. 44. ss. 85, 86 repealed - Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal and Railway 1832 (Ch. lxix), s. 48. s. 88 repealed - Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal and Railway 1832 (Ch. lxix), s. 49. s. 131 amended - Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal and Railway 1832 (Ch. lxix), s. 64; 1835 (Ch. xxx), s. 29. s. 146 repealed - Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal and Railway 1832 (Ch. lxix), s. 50. s. 163 repealed - Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal and Railway 1832 (Ch. lxix), s. 51. Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal and Railway Act, 1832 01.06.1832 2 & 3 Will. 4 Ch. lxix see: Manchester and Leeds Railway 1846 (Ch. ccclxxviii), s. 1. extended in part and applied - Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal and Railway 1835 (Ch. xxx), s. 1; Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 1847 (Ch. clxiii), s. 3. repealed in part - Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal and Railway 1835 (Ch. xxx), s. 3. saved - Bolton and Leigh Railway 1836 (Ch. lii), s. 31; Manchester and Salford Junction Canal 1836 (Ch. cxv), s. 174; Bolton and Preston Railway 1837 (Ch. cxxi), s. 55; Liverpool and Manchester Railway 1839 (Ch. xli), s. 78; Liverpool and Bury Railway 1845 (Ch. clxvi), s. 88. extended in part - Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal and Railway 1838 (Ch. xxv), s. 1; 1846 (Ch. cclxxi), s. 1; Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 1849 (Ch. l), ss. 2, 27. applied - Manchester and Leeds Railway 1846 (Ch. ccclxxviii), s. 2. applied in part - Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 1848 (Ch. cxv), ss. 2, 5. excl. in part - Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 1848 (Ch. cxv), s. 10; 1849 (Ch. l), s. 12. continued in part (s. 13) - Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal and Railway 1835 (Ch. xxx), s. 29. s. 13 amended - Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal and Railway 1835 (Ch. xxx), s. 29. North Union Railway Company Act, 1834 22.05.1834 4 & 5 Will. 4 Ch. xxv see: Bolton and Preston Railway 1844 (Ch. ii), s. 1; North Union Railways Purchase 1846 (Ch. ccxxxi), ss. 1, 2. repealed in part - Bolton and Preston Railway 1838 (Ch. lvi), s. 3; North Union Railway 1840 (Ch. v), s. 9; Bolton and Preston Railway 1844 (Ch. ii), s. 12. incorp. in part - Bolton and Preston Railway 1844 (Ch. ii), s. 36. s. 17 repealed - Bolton and Preston Railway 1838 (Ch. lvi), s. 14. ss. 95, 96 repealed - North Union Railway 1875 (Ch. clxii), s. 19. s. 223 repealed - North Union Railway 1840 (Ch. v), s. 11. Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal and Railway Act, 1835 17.06.1835 5 & 6 Will. 4 Ch. xxx see: Manchester and Leeds Railway 1846 (Ch. ccclxxviii), s. 1. saved - Bolton and Leigh Railway 1836 (Ch. lii), s. 31; Manchester and Salford Junction Canal 1836 (Ch. cxv), s. 174; Bolton and Preston Railway 1837 (Ch. cxxi), s. 55; Liverpool and Manchester Railway 1839 (Ch. xli), s. 78; Liverpool and Bury Railway 1845 (Ch. clxvi), s. 88. extended in part - Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal and Railway 1838 (Ch. xxv), s. 1; 1846 (Ch. cclxxi), s. 1; Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 1847 (Ch. lxiii), s. 3; 1849 (Ch. l), ss. 2, 27. applied - Manchester and Leeds Railway 1846 (Ch. ccclxxviii), s. 2. applied in part - Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 1848 (Ch. cxv), ss. 2, 5. excl. in part - Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 1848 (Ch. cxv), s. 10; 1849 (Ch. l), s. 12. continued in part (s. 4) - Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal and Railway 1838 (Ch. xxv), s. 11. s. 4 amended - Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal and Railway 1838 (Ch. xxv), s. 11. Preston and Wyre Railway and Harbour Act, 1835 03.07.1835 5 & 6 Will. 4 Ch. lviii see: Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and London and North-western Railway (Preston and Wyre Railway, Harbour and Dock Vesting) 1849 (Ch. lxxiv), ss.