Cornwall Railway Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. Ch. ccxv)

Launceston and South Devon Railway Act 1862 (25 & 26 Vict. Ch. cxi)

Local Government Supplemental (No. 2) Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict. Ch. 64)>Plymouth Order

Launceston and South Devon Railway Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict. Ch. cv)

Tamar, Kit Hill and Callington Railway Act 1864 (27 & 28 Vict. Ch. ccxciv)

War Department Tramway (Devon) Act 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. Ch. 74)
An Act to enable Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the War Department to lay down and use a Tramway or temporary Railway across certain public Roads in the County of Devon.  Royal Assent 29th June 1865.  [AC+PC]

Local Government Supplemental (No. 5) Act 1865 (28 &29 Vict. Ch. 108)>Plymouth Order

Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway Act 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. Ch. cxxxi)
An Act to repeal the Acts relating to the Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway Company, to authorize the raising of additional Capital, and Arrangements with the South Devon Railway Company; and for other purposes.  Royal Assent 19th June 1865.  (This Act repealed the 1819, 1820 and 1821 Acts).

South Devon Railway Act 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. Ch. cclv)
Royal Assent 5th July 1865.  [This Act brought about the amalgamation of the South Devon & Tavistock Railway with the South Devon Railway from 1st July 1865].

Saltash and Callington Railway Act 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. Ch. ccclxxiii)

An Act for providing a further Sum towards defraying the expenses of constructing Fortifications for the Protection of the Royal Arsenals and Dockyards and the Ports of Dover and Portland, and of creating a Central Arsenal.   Royal assent 29th June 1865.  Lists Staddon Point Battery.

Saltash Road Act 1866 (29 & 30 Vict. Ch. cix)

Launceston and South Devon Railway Act 1866 (29 & 30 Vict. Ch. cxlvii)

South Devon Railway Act 1866 (29 & 30 Vict. Ch. cliii)
An Act to confer further Powers on the South Devon Railway Company for the Acquisition of Land and Construction of Works..........

Tamar, Kit Hill and Callington Railway Act 1866 (29 & 30 Vict. Ch. cccxii)

Local Government Supplemental (No. 6) Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. Ch CXXIII)>Devonport Order
An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders under "The Local Government Act, 1858" relating to the Districts of Exeter, Devonport, Reading, Warley, and Midgley, and for other Purposes relative to certain Districts under the said Act.  Royal Assent 20th August 1867.  [AC]

Devon and Cornwall Railway Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. Ch. cxxv)

Plymouth Corporation Water and Markets Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. Ch. cxxviii)

Great Western Railway Act 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. Ch. cxlv)

Devon and Cornwall Railway Act 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. Ch. clxxiv)

South Devon Railway Act 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. Ch. xviii)
An Act to consolidate, define, and regulate the Capital of the South Devon Railway Company .....

Launceston and South Devon Railway Act 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. Ch. xli)

Great Western Railway Act 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. Ch. cix)

Callington and Calstock Railway Act 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. Ch. clii)
(This Act incorporated the Callington & Calstock Railway Company and authorised the construction of a line 7 miles 7 furlongs and 3 chains in length, of 3 feet 6 inch gauge, between Calstock and Callington.)  Royal Assent 9th August 1869.

Local Government Supplemental Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. Ch. cxiv) > Plymouth Order

Plymouth, Stonehouse, and Devonport Tramways Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. Ch. clxix) 
An Act to authorise the construction of Tramways in the towns of Plymouth, Stonehouse, and Devonport, in the county of Devon; and for other purposes.  Royal Assent 10th August 1870.  [PDF]

East Cornwall Mineral Railway (Deviation) Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. Ch. xxxiii)
(This Act authorised the change of name from the Calstock & Callington Railway to the East Cornwall Mineral Railway and authorised some minor deviations, the new line being 7 miles 4 furlongs and 5 chains in length.)  Royal Assent 25th May 1871.

Devon and Cornwall Railway Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. Ch. clxiv)

Great Western, Bristol and Exeter and South Devon Railways (Cornwall and West Cornwall Railways) Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. Ch. clxxvii)

Sutton Harbour (Tramways) Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. Ch. xciv)
An Act for authorising the Sutton Harbour Improvement Company to construct Tramways and other works, and to raise further Moneys; and for other purposes.  Royal assent 18th July 1872.  [AC]

Great Western Railway Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. Ch. cxxix)

South Devon Railway Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. Ch. cxxxii)
An Act to empower the South Devon Railway Company to extend and improve their Sutton Harbour Branch Railway, to confer upon them further powers in relation to their own undertaking and the undertaking of other companies; and for other purposes.   Royal Assent 18th July 1872.  [AC]

Devon and Cornwall Railway (Extensions to Plymouth and Devonport) Act 1873 (36 & 37 Vict. Ch. cxi)
An Act for conferring further Powers upon the Devon and Cornwall Central Railway Company for the Construction of Works and the raising of Money, and otherwise in relation to their Undertaking and the Undertakings of other Companies; and for other purposes.  Royal Assent 7th July 1873.

Devon and Cornwall Railway (Western Extensions) Act 1873 (36 & 37 Vict. Ch. cxii)

Great Western, Bristol and Exeter and South Devon Railways (Cornwall and West Cornwall Railways) Act 1873 (36 & 37 Vict. Ch. cxiii)

South Devon Railway Act 1873 (36 & 37 Vict. Ch. cxiv)
An Act to enable the South Devon Railway Company to acquire lands and execute works in connexion with their undertaking; and for other purposes.  Royal assent 7th July 1873.  [AC]

Great Western Railway Act 1873 (36 & 37 Vict. Ch. cxc)

South Devon Railway Act 1874 (37 & 38 Vict. Ch. xxvi)
An Act to confer further powers on the South Devon Railway Company with reference to their own and other undertakings; to vest in them and in the Great Western and Bristol and Exeter Railways Companies the undertaking of the Plymouth Western Dock Company, and for other purposes.

Plymouth, Stonehouse and Devonport Tramways Act 1874 (37 & 38 Vict. Ch. lxxii)
An Act to authorise the Plymouth, Stonehouse, and Devonport Tramways Company to construct additional Tramways in the parish of Stoke Damerel; and for other purposes.   Royal Assent 30th June 1874.  [AC]

Local Government Board Provisional Orders Confirmation (No. 4) Act 1874 (37 & 38 Vict. Ch. clii) > East Stonehouse Order dated June 4th 1874.

South Western and Devon and Cornwall Railways Act 1874 (37 & 38 Vict. Ch. clxi)
An Act for authorising a sale and transfer of parts of the undertaking of the Devon and Cornwall Railway Company to the London and South-western Railway Company; and for other purposes.  Royal Assent 30th July 1874.  [PC]

Sutton Harbour Act 1874 (37 & 38 Vict. Ch. clxiii)
An Act to authorise the Sutton Harbour Improvement Company to convert part of the harbour of Sutton Pool into a Dock, and for other purposes.  Royal Assent 30th July 1874.  [AC]

Pier and Harbour Orders Confirmation Act 1874 (37 & 38 Vict. Ch. clxxxv) > Cattewater Harbour Order

Plymouth, Devonport and Stonehouse Cemetery (Extension) Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. Ch. lv)
An Act to empower thePlymouth, Devonport, and Stonehouse Cemetery Company to enlarge their Cemetery and to confer further powers upon them in relation to their undertaking; and for other purposes.  Royal Assent 14th June 1875.  [AC]

South Devon Railway Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. Ch. xc)
An Act to confer further Powers on the South Devon Railway Company with reference to their own Undertaking and the Undertaking of the Buckfastleigh, Totnes and South Devon Railway Company...........

Great Western Railway Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. Ch. cxxiv)

Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway (Plymouth Extensions) Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. Ch. cliv)
An Act for conferring further powers on the Plymouth & Dartmoor Railway for the construction of Works, and the raising of Moneys, and otherwise in relation to the Undertaking and for authorising agreements between them and other Railway Companies, and for other purposes.  Royal Assent 19th July 1875.  [AC]

South-western Railway Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. Ch. clxvi)
An Act for authorising the London and South-western Railway Company to purchase additional Lands, to construct additional Railways and Works, and to raise further Capital; and for confirming an Agreement between that Company and the Great Western Railway Company and the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty in respect of a Railway to Portland Breakwater; and for other purposes.  Royal Assent 19th July 1875.

Pier and Harbour Orders Confirmation Act 1876 (39 & 40 Vict. Ch. xl) > Cattewater Harbour Order

Sutton Harbour (Duchy of Cornwall) Act 1876 (39 & 40 Vict. Ch. lxvi)
An Act to authorise the Duke of Cornwall and the Sutton Harbour Improvement Company to enter into and carry into effect agreements .....

Plymouth Dock (Devonport) Waterworks Act 1876 (39 & 40 Vict. Ch. lxxi)

Great Western and Bristol and Exeter Railway Amalgamation Act 1876 (39 & 40 Vict. Ch. lxxiv)

Stonehouse Pool Improvement Act 1876 (39 & 40 Vict. Ch. cxxxviii)

Great Western Railway Act 1876 (39 & 40 Vict. Ch. cxliii)

East Cornwall Mineral Railway Act 1876 (39 & 40 Vict. Ch. ccxl)
(This Act authorised the extension of the East Cornwall Mineral Railway by means of a branch just over 8 miles in length to Morwellham Quay.)  Royal Assent 15th August 1876.

Plymouth, Devonport and Stonehouse Carriages and Boats Act 1877 (40 & 41 Vict. Ch. xcvi)

Great Western Railway Act 1877 (40 & 41 Vict. Ch. cx)

Local Government Board’s Provisional Orders Confirmation (Hyde, &c.) Act 1877 (40 & 41 Vict. Ch. ccxxx) > Plymouth Order

Local Government Board’s Provisional Orders Confirmation (Artizans and Labourers Dwellings) Act 1878 (41 & 42 Vict. Ch. cv) > Devonport Order
An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Local Government Board under the provisions of the Artizans and Labourers Dwelling Improvement Act 1875, relating to the Boroughs of Devonport and Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Pier and Harbour Orders Confirmation (No. 1) Act 1878 (41 & 42 Vict. Ch. cxiv) > Plymouth Pier Order

Great Western and South Devon Railway Companies Amalgamation Act 1878 (41 & 42 Vict. Ch. ccvii)
Royal Assent 22nd July 1878.  [Amalgamation took place 1st August 1878].

Great Western Railway Act 1878 (41 & 42 Vict. Ch. ccviii)

Princetown Railway Act 1878 (41 & 42 Vict. Ch. ccxxix)
Royal Assent 13th August 1878.

East Cornwall Mineral Railway Act 1879 (42 & 43 Vict. Ch. lii)
(This Act authorised the abandonment of the branch to Morwellham Quay previously authorised in the East Cornwall Mineral railway Act 1876.)  Royal Assent 3rd July 1879.

Local Government Board’s Provisional Orders Confirmation (Poor Law) Act 1879 (42 & 43 Vict. Ch. cvi) > Plymouth Order

Plymouth and Stonehouse Gas Act 1879 (42 & 43 Vict. Ch. cxliii)
An Act for enlarging the powers of the Plymouth and Stonehouse Gaslight and Coke Company and for other purposes.

Local Government Board’s Provisional Orders Confirmation (Amersham Union, &c.,) Act 1880 (43 & 44 Vict. Ch. lix) > Plymouth Order

Devon and Cornwall Railway Act 1880 (43 & 44 Vict. Ch. civ)

Great Western Railway Act 1880 (43 & 44 Vict. Ch. cxli)
An Act for conferring upon the Great Western Railway Company further powers in connexion with their own undertaking and the undertakings of other companies; etc.

Pier and Harbour Orders Confirmation Act 1881 (44 & 45 Vict. Ch. civ) > Devonport Landing Stages Order 1881

Great Western Railway Act 1881 (44 & 45 Vict. Ch. ccviii)

Local Government Board’s Provisional Order Confirmation (Artizans and Labourers Dwellings) Act 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. Ch. lix)

Local Government Board’s Provisional Orders Confirmation (No. 7) Act 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. Ch. lxiv) > Plymouth Order

Great Western Railway (No. 2) Act 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. Ch. cxlviii)

Plymouth, Devonport and District Tramways Act 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. Ch. clix)
An Act for making tramways in the county of Devon to be called "The Plymouth Devonport and District Tramways" and for other purposes.  Royal Assent 24th July 1882.  [AC]

Pier and Harbour Orders Confirmation (No. 1) Act 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. Ch. clxviii) > Plymouth Pier Order

Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway Act 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. Ch. clxxxvii)
An Act for conferring further powers on the Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway Company for the construction of works and raising of money and otherwise in relation to their undertaking and for other purposes.  Royal Assent 10th August 1882.

Great Western Railway (No. 1) Act 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. Ch. ccxiv)

South Western Railway Act 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. Ch. ccxi)

Devon and Cornwall Central Railway Act 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. Ch. ccxxviii)

Local Government Board’s Provisional Order Confirmation (No. 7) Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. Ch. cxxxvii) > Plymouth Order

Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. Ch. cxxxix)
An Act for conferring further powers on the Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway Company for the construction of Works the raising of Money and otherwise in relation to their Undertaking and for providing for the distribution of the proceeds of the sale of a portion of the Undertaking of the Company and for other purposes.  Royal Assent 2nd August 1883.

Great Western Railway Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. Ch. cxciii)
An Act for authorising the London and South Western Railway Company to make new Railways and deviations .. for he sale and amalgamation ... with the undertaking of the Company of the Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway ....
THIS ACT IS NOT RELEVANT TO PLYMOUTH AND WILL BE DELETED FROM THIS LIST IN DUE COURSE.

Plymouth, Devonport and South Western Junction Railway Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. Ch. ccxxx)
An Act for Incorporating the Plymouth Devonport & South Western Junction Railway Company and authorising them to make and maintain the Plymouth Devonport and South Western Junction Railway and for authorising arrangements between them and the London and South Western Railway Company and for other purposes.  Royal Assent 25th August 1883.

Plympton and District Waterworks Act 1884 (47 & 48 Vict. Ch. liii)
An Act to dissolve and re-incorporate the Plympton and District Waterworks Company (Limited) and for other purposes.  Royal Assent 23rd June 1884.  [AC]

Plymouth, Devonport and South Western Junction Railway Act 1884 (47 & 48 Vict. Ch. ccxxxi)
An Act for vesting in the Plymouth Devonport & South-western Junction Railway Company the powers conferred by the Devon and Cornwall Central Railway Act 1882 and for the abandonment of a portion of the Railway authorised by that Act and for the dissolution of the Devon and Cornwall Central Railway Company and for other purposes.  Royal Assent 7th August 1884.

Plymouth Devonport and South Western Junction Railway Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict. Ch. xcii)
An Act to extend the Powers of the Plymouth Devonport and South-western Junction Railway Company.  Royal Assent 16th July 1885.

Plymouth Devonport and District Tramways Act 1886 (49 & 50 Vict. Ch. xxiv)
An Act for authorising the release of the balance of the Deposit Fund remaining deposited as security for the completion of certain of the tramways authorised by the Plymouth Devonport and District Tramways Act 1882.  Royal Assent 25th September 1886.

Plymouth and Devonport (Extension) Tramways Act 1886 (49 & 50 Vict. Ch. lii)
An Act to incorporate the Plymouth and Devonport (Extension) Tramways Company and to authorise that Company to acquire and complete certain Tramways constructed under the Plymouth Devonport and District Tramways Act 1882 and to construct certain other Tramways in the county of Devon and for other purposes.  Royal Assent 25th September 1886.  [AC]

Plymouth, Devonport and South Western Junction Railway Act 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. Ch. cxl)
An Act to empower the Plymouth Devonport and South-western Junction Railway Company to attach a preference to part of their authorised Capital and to vary their borrowing powers and for other purposes.  Royal Assent 19th July 1887.

Burnard and Alger's Cattedown Wharves Act 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. Ch. lxxxvii)
An Act to authorise the levying of rates at the Cattedown Wharves Plymouth and for other purposes.  Royal Assent 5th July 1887.  [AC]

Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway (South Hams Extension) Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. Ch. liii)
An Act conferring further Powers on the Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway Company for the construction of a new Railway to Modbury and otherwise in relation to their Undertaking; and for other purposes.  Royal Assent 28th June 1888.

Plymouth Devonport and South Western Junction Railway Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. Ch. clxxx)
An Act to confer further Powers on the Plymouth Devonport and South Western Junction Railway Company.  Royal Assent 7th August 1888.

Sutton Harbour Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. Ch. cxcii)
An Act to authorize the Sutton Harbour Improvement Company to construct a quay and roadway and to establish and regulate a fish-market in connection with their existing undertaking at the harbour of Sutton Pool in the port of Plymouth to facilitate the acquisition of lands from the Duchy of Cornwall, to revise and modernize the rates, tolls and charges authorized to be taken by the Company; to confer upon them additional money powers and for other purposes.

Plymouth Tramways Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. Ch. ccvii)
An Act to incorporate the Plymouth Tramways Company and to authorise the construction of certain Tramways in the Borough of Plymouth, in the County of Devon, and for other purposes.  Royal Assent 26th August 1889.  [PC+PDF]

Plymouth Tramways Act 1892 (55 & 56 Vict. Ch. clxii)
An Act to revive the powers and extend the time for completion and opening of the Plymouth Tramways; to authorise and confirm an agreement between the Plymouth Tramways Company and the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Plymouth; and for other purposes.  Royal Assent 27th June 1892.  [PC]

Plymouth Corporation Water Act 1893 (56 & 57 Vict. Ch. lix)
An Act to confer further powers on the Corporation of Plymouth in regard to the construction of additional waterworks and for other purposes

Devonport Waterworks Act 1893 (56 & 57 Vict. Ch. lxxii)
An Act for conferring further powers on the Devonport Water Company for the acquisition of lands and the supply of water and for defining and extending their limits of supply and for making provision for the purchase by the East Stonehouse Local Board of a portion of the undertaking of the Company and for the supply of water in bulk by the Company to that Local Board and for other purposes.  Royal Assent 29th June 1893.

Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway Act 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. Ch. clxxxviii)
An Act to revive the Powers and extend the Time for the Compulsory Purchase of Land and Completion of Works authorized by the Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway Act 1883, the Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway (South Hams Extension) Act 1888 and the Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway Act 1891; and for other purposes.  Royal Assent 17th August 1894.

Sutton Harbour [Improvement] Act 1895 (58 & 59 Vict. Ch. cxvii)
An Act to authorise the Sutton Harbour Improvement Company to construct a new Quay and to revive and extend the powers of the Sutton Harbour Act 1889 for the construction of a Quay and Roadway and the establishment of a Fish Market in connexion with their existing Undertaking at the Harbour of Sutton Pool in the County of Devon to provide for the conversion and consolidation of their existing and authorised shares and to raise further capital and for other purposes.  Rotyal Assent 6th July 1895.   [AC]

Local Government Board’s Provisional Orders Confirmation (No. 10) Act 1896 (59 & 60 Vict. Ch. cv) > Devonport Order 1896
An Act to confirm certain provisional orders of the Local Government Board relating to Barnstaple, Bournemouth (two), Devonport, Oxford, Prestwich, Southport and Stapleton.

Tramways Orders Confirmation (No. 1) Act 1896 (59 & 60 Vict. Ch. cxx) > Plymouth Corporation Tramways Order
Royal Assent 20th May 1896.

Devonport Waterworks Act 1897 (60 & 61 Vict. Ch. xliv)
An Act for repealing certain provisions of the Devonport Waterworks Act 1893 and for conferring further powers on the Devonport Water Company for the construction of works and otherwise in relation to their undertaking and for other purposes.  Royal Assent 3rd June 1897.  [AC]

Local Government Board’s Provisional Orders Confirmation (Housing of Working Classes) Act 1898 (61 & 62 Vict. Ch. xcix) > Devonport (Housing of Working Classes) Order 1898
An Act to confirm certain provisional orders of the Local Government Board relating to Devonport and Sheffield (housing of the working classes).

Plymouth Corporation Act 1898 (61 & 62 Vict. Ch. cxxxix)
(This Act authorised the addition of part of the parish of Weston Peverell to the Borough of Plymouth as from April 1st 1899).

Turnchapel Quays and Wharves Act 1898 (61 & 62 Vict. Ch. cxl)
An Act to authorise the levy of rates at the Turnchapel Quays and Wharves at Plymouth and to confer various powers on the owners of those quays and wharves.   Royal Assent 25th July 1898.  [AC]

Local Government Board’s Provisional Orders Confirmation (No. 10) Act 1898 (61 & 62 Vict. Ch. ccxi) > Devonport (Extension) Order 1898
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Local Government Board relating to the Borough of Devonport.  Royal Assent [12th August 1898.  [AC]

Local Government Board’s Provisional Orders Confirmation (No. 8) Act 1899 (62 & 63 Vict. Ch. cxii) > Devonport Order (No. 1) 1899 and Devonport Order (No. 2) 1899
An Act to confirm certain provisional orders of the Local Government Board relating to Bath, Devonport (two), Margate and Oxford and to the Romford and Wallingford and Crowmarsh United Districts.

Local Government Board’s Provisional Orders Confirmation (Poor Law) Act 1899 (62 & 63 Vict. Ch. cxvi) > Devonport Order