Euroclydon / Drybrook Railway (General)

by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Monday, December 05, 2005, 14:37 (6929 days ago) @ slowhands

Not sure what ties in with your documents ( I can sense some envy that you have such a family book), If the Gamage family were in the area in 1874, this ties in with the construction of this short single track railway and its tunnels.

Mitcheldean Road and Forest of Dean Junction Railway
3 1/4 miles allowed by Act of Parliament in 1871
Construction began in 1874

Route from Whimsey north to the Gloucester/Hereford line at Lea.
Tunnels at Drybrook and Euroclydon, target iron ore haulage from Drybrook and
connection to the South Wales routes.

Robert Sharpe & Sons
Railway Contractors
1 Victoria Square, Westminster,London

available at the Public Records Office in Kew, London
RAIL 494/13 Notice to Mitcheldean Road and Forest of Dean Junction Railway Company from W Moon (solicitor for John Simmons and Robert Sharpe, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London) of filing of petition in London Court of Bankruptcy and claim of J Simmon and company to contractor's plant; with account 1875 Nov

RAIL 494/17 Notice to Mitcheldean Road and Forest of Dean Junction Railway Company from W Moon of filing of John Simmons and Robert Sharpe's petition for bankruptcy 1875 Nov

RAIL 494/31 Garlant v Mitcheldean Road and Forest of Dean Junction Railway Company: case for opinion of James Austie concerning contractor's plant on land rented by John Simmons and Robert Sharpe 1879 June

railway absorbed into Great Western Railway (GWR) 1880

seen also referred to as Mitcheldean and Whimsey branch

the Construction Co had numerous rail contracts across the UK and also in the Americas.