- Severn Tunnel Railway. Book of Reference, November, 1871

Bristol, Fussell, Prichard & Swann, 1872 . Paperback. A very scarce work detailing property transactions facilitated by a Bristol firm of solicitors to make way for the construction of the Severn Railway Tunnel. This fascinating volume reproduces property transactions undertaken to make way for the construction of the Severn Tunnel, a tunnel linking South Gloucestershire to Monmouthshire, built under the estuary of the River Severn.Published by Fussell, Prichard, and Swann, who were solicitors operating in Bristol during the late nineteenth century. They were involved in various legal matters, including acting as auctioneers and handling property transactions.This volume details properties owned in the Parishes of Almondsbury and Henbury in Gloucester and in Portskewett, Caldicot and Rogiet in Monmouth. With four columns, the volume offers a description of the property, details the 'owners or reputed owners', the 'lessees or reputed lessees', and the occupiers. The majority of the properties are arable land or pasture.An informative and very scarce volume published by the firm of solicitors to detail the property transactions that had to be made to make way for the enormous construction, which ultimately had a length of 4 miles 628 yards, or 7,012 m. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Small losses of paper and closed tears to back strip head and tail, with front wrap age toned with light handling marks. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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