University of Dundee Archives

Receipt of the undernoted transfer for Registration from the North British Railway company. Seller is C E Keele and buyer is Miss E M E Acland, L M Acland and A W Pearce with 275 £ each. 22nd June 1905.

MS 105/6/2/1
Item
1905

Part of Shiell and Small, Solicitors

Receipt of the undernoted transfer for Registration from the North British Railway company. Seller is C E Keele and buyer is Miss E M E Acland, L M Acland and A W Pearce with 275 £ each. 22nd June 1905. This item was deposited by Neville Billington in 2002.

North British Railway Company

Statements, petitions and minutes of evidence relating to North British and Edinburgh and Glasgow (Bridge of Forth) Railway Bill, Glasgow and North Eastern Railway Bill and Tay Bridge and Dundee Union Railway Bill.

MS 105/6/1/11
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1865

Part of Shiell and Small, Solicitors

Statements, petitions and minutes of evidence relating to North British and Edinburgh and Glasgow (Bridge of Forth) Railway Bill, Glasgow and North Eastern Railway Bill and Tay Bridge and Dundee Union Railway Bill. 1865.

North British Railway Company

North British and Edinburgh and Glasgow (Bridge of Forth) Railways: Brief for Scottish Central Railway in opposition, before referees. Proof of Walter Paterson, pilot.

MS 105/6/1/14
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1865

Part of Shiell and Small, Solicitors

North British and Edinburgh and Glasgow (Bridge of Forth) Railways: Brief for Scottish Central Railway in opposition, before referees. Proof of Walter Paterson, pilot. 1865.

North British Railway Company

Precognitions, correspondence and other papers relating to objections to the building of the Forth Railway Bridge.

MS 105/6/1/9
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1865

Part of Shiell and Small, Solicitors

Precognitions, correspondence and other papers relating to objections to the building of the Forth Railway Bridge. 1865. Includes: "Forth Bridge Estimate" which gives specifications but not costing.

North British Railway Company

North British Railway Company: miscellaneous papers

MS 17/2
Sub-fonds
1846-1902

Part of The Thornton Collection of Manuscripts and Plans

Title deeds, legal papers and correspondence mainly re. acquisition of land and property in Dundee and Perth 1846-1902; Tay Bridge Enquiry and Bill 1869-1888; the Springfield Accident 1885; legal actions 1888-1895; Amalgamation Bill 1890; the acceleration of mails between Dundee and England 1890-1892; the Dundee Extension and Improvement Act 1892.

North British Railway Company

Forth Bridge Railway Bill and Glasgow and North British Railway Bill 1865, with related papers.

MS 105/6/1/6
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1865

Part of Shiell and Small, Solicitors

Forth Bridge Railway Bill and Glasgow and North British Railway Bill 1865, with related papers. Includes: Memorials of Trustees of Harbour of Alloa and ship owners, ship masters, merchants, traders etc. of Grangemouth and various other petitions against the Bill. 1864-1865. List of ships of 500 tons and upwards which have loaded and discharged at Grangemouth, with their estimated mast height. 1865.

North British Railway Company

Papers from deed box marked "Forth Bridge and Tay Bridge Papers".

MS 105/6/1
Series
1862-1865

Part of Shiell and Small, Solicitors

Papers from deed box marked "Forth Bridge and Tay Bridge Papers". 1862-1865

North British Railway Company

House of Commons Session 1863, Edinburgh and Dunfermline and Perth (North British) Railway Bill [copy] Minutes of Evidence.

MS 105/6/1/2
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1863

Part of Shiell and Small, Solicitors

House of Commons Session 1863, Edinburgh and Dunfermline and Perth (North British) Railway Bill [copy] Minutes of Evidence. May - June 1863.

North British Railway Company

Statements, notes for evidence, correspondence relating to North British and Edinburgh and Glasgow (Bridge of Forth) Railway Bill.

MS 105/6/1/5
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1864-1865.

Part of Shiell and Small, Solicitors

Statements, notes for evidence, correspondence relating to North British and Edinburgh and Glasgow (Bridge of Forth) Railway Bill. 1864-1865. Includes: Notes for examining Mr Bouch C.E. 1865. List of engineering witnesses. n.d. Journals of Bores on the Firth of Forth. 1864-1865. List of Shipping, Custom House Return, Grangemouth. 1864. Newspaper cutting relating to Forth Bridge. 1864. Bridge of Forth Railways, summary of cost [of land, works for several railways, at each end of the Forth Bridge]. 1865.

North British Railway Company

House of Commons session, North British and Edinburgh and Glasgow Railways Bill: Petitions against the Bill by the Trustees for the Harbour of Alloa, ship owners, ship masters, merchants, traders etc. of the port of Grangemouth, and The Scottish Centra...

MS 105/6/1/15
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1865

Part of Shiell and Small, Solicitors

House of Commons session, North British and Edinburgh and Glasgow Railways Bill: Petitions against the Bill by the Trustees for the Harbour of Alloa, ship owners, ship masters, merchants, traders etc. of the port of Grangemouth, and The Scottish Central Railway Company. 1865.

North British Railway Company

Tay Bridge and Dundee Union Railway Bill 1864: Printed Parliamentary notices to Scottish Central Railway from Patullo and Thornton solicitors to the Bill. They include schedules which refer to numbered lots of land on plans, names of owners and occupie...

MS 105/6/1/16
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1864

Part of Shiell and Small, Solicitors

Tay Bridge and Dundee Union Railway Bill 1864: Printed Parliamentary notices to Scottish Central Railway from Patullo and Thornton solicitors to the Bill. They include schedules which refer to numbered lots of land on plans, names of owners and occupiers, giving note of measurement of land required.

Includes: Questions as to Navigation of the Forth, and Memorial for Trustees of Alloa harbour. 1865.

North British Railway Company

Excerpt from Evidence given before the House of Commons, 1863 in the Edinburgh and Dunfermline and Perth (North British) Railway Bill.

MS 105/6/1/17
Item
1863

Part of Shiell and Small, Solicitors

Excerpt from Evidence given before the House of Commons, 1863 in the Edinburgh and Dunfermline and Perth (North British) Railway Bill.

North British Railway Company

Notes of Evidence, petitions, memoranda and correspondence relating to North British, and Edinburgh and Glasgow (Bridge of Forth) Railways.

MS 105/6/1/7
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1865

Part of Shiell and Small, Solicitors

Notes of Evidence, petitions, memoranda and correspondence relating to North British, and Edinburgh and Glasgow (Bridge of Forth) Railways. 1865. Includes: Memorials of Scottish Central Railway Company to the Board of Trade. 1865. Table of Distances between Edinburgh and Perth, Glasgow, and various towns in Fife and Perthshire, by different railway lines: Forth Bridge. 1865. List of vessels of 400 tons and upwards with voyages to Grangemouth. 1853-1864. Custom House return, Alloa. 1836-1864. Shipping lists for Grangemouth and Alloa. 1862, 1863, and 1864.

North British Railway Company

MS 105/6
Sub-fonds
1862-1865

Part of Shiell and Small, Solicitors

Miscellaneous legal and parliamentary papers relating particularly to the North British and Edinburgh and Glasgow (Bridge of Forth) Railway Bill 1865, 1862-1865; also Edinburgh and Dunfermline and Perth Railway Bill 1863; Tay Bridge and Dundee Union Railway Bill 1864-1865.

North British Railway Company

Transfer of Registration.

MS 105/6/2
Series
1905.

Part of Shiell and Small, Solicitors

Transfer of Registration. 1905.

North British Railway Company

Draft letters, minutes of evidence, and proofs relating to North British and Edinburgh and Glasgow (Bridge of Forth) Railways.

MS 105/6/1/12
Item
1865

Part of Shiell and Small, Solicitors

Draft letters, minutes of evidence, and proofs relating to North British and Edinburgh and Glasgow (Bridge of Forth) Railways. 1865. Includes: A newspaper cutting from The Press, 9 December, 1864.

North British Railway Company

Forth Bridge: opposition petition from William Riddach of Leith.

MS 105/6/1/13
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1865

Part of Shiell and Small, Solicitors

Forth Bridge: opposition petition from William Riddach of Leith. 1865. Forth Bridge: Proof of James Leslie. 1865.

North British Railway Company

Miscellaneous loose lying papers: "Reids Leith Tide Table and Signal Book". 1865. [Printed] Notes of Evidence, 1865 relating to Edinburgh and Dunfermline and Perth Railway Bill, 1863.

MS 105/6/1/18
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1865

Part of Shiell and Small, Solicitors

Miscellaneous loose lying papers: "Reids Leith Tide Table and Signal Book". 1865. [Printed] Notes of Evidence, 1865 relating to Edinburgh and Dunfermline and Perth Railway Bill, 1863.

North British Railway Company

House of Lords Session 1863, Edinburgh and Dunfermline and Perth (North British) Railway Bill [copy] Minutes of Evidence.

MS 105/6/1/3
Item
1863

Part of Shiell and Small, Solicitors

House of Lords Session 1863, Edinburgh and Dunfermline and Perth (North British) Railway Bill [copy] Minutes of Evidence. July 1863.

North British Railway Company

Proofs, petitions, correspondence, terms of amalgamation and minutes with regard to the North British and Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway.

MS 105/6/1/10
Item
1864-1865.

Part of Shiell and Small, Solicitors

Proofs, petitions, correspondence, terms of amalgamation and minutes with regard to the North British and Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway. 1864-1865. Includes: Draft estimate of Forth Bridge with costing.

North British Railway Company

Forth Bridge Railway Bill, North British Railway Bill and petitions and memorials of Scottish Central Railway, ship owners, masters, merchants of the port of Grangemouth and others against the Bill.

MS 105/6/1/8
Item
1864-1865.

Part of Shiell and Small, Solicitors

Forth Bridge Railway Bill, North British Railway Bill and petitions and memorials of Scottish Central Railway, ship owners, masters, merchants of the port of Grangemouth and others against the Bill. 1864-1865.

North British Railway Company

In Parliament Session 1864, Glasgow and North British and Forth Bridge Railway Bills: Brief for the Scottish Central Railway Company in Opposition.