1807
[Roads from Brighton to Lovell Heath]
47 Geo III c.47
Repealed by Roads from Brighton and from Austy Cross 1825 c.39
1808
[Road from New Chappel to Brighton]
48 Geo III c.29
Repealed by Road from New Chapel to Brighton 1830 c18
1813
[Lewes to Brighton Road]
53 Geo III c.47
Repealed by Lewes to Brighton Road 1833 c.43.
1822
[Brighton to Shoreham Bridge Road]
3 Geo IV c.13
Repealed by Brighton to Shoreham Road 1830 c.63.
[Brighton and Shoreham Bridge Road]
3 Geo IV c.104
Repealed by Brighton to Shoreham Road 1830 c.63.
1824
[Brighthelmstone and Newhaven Road]
5 Geo IV c.91
Expired. [The last turnpike trust was ended in 1895 and all such unrepealed Acts were deemed spent.]
1825
[Roads from Brighton and from Austy Cross]
6 Geo IV c.39
Repealed by Brighton, Cuckfield and West Grinstead Turnpike Roads 1854 c.137.
1830
[Road from New Chapel to Brighton]
11 Geo IV & 1 Will IV c.18
Repealed by New Chapel, Lindfield and Brighton Road 1862 c.59.
[Brighton, Shoreham and Lancing Road and New Shoreham Bridge]
11 Geo IV & 1 Will IV c.63
1833
[Lewes to Brighton Road]
3&4 Will IV c.43
1837
London and Brighton Railway Act
7 Will IV & 1 Vict c.119
1839
South Eastern Railway and London and Brighton Railway Junction Act
2&3 Vict c.79
1841
Brighton, Shoreham and Lancing Road and Adur Bridge Act
4&5 Vict c.105
Expired as to road. [The last turnpike trust was ended in 1895 and all such unrepealed Acts were deemed spent.]
1843
London and Brighton Railway Act
6&7 Vict c.27
1844
Brighton and Chichester Railway Act
7&8 Vict c.67
Brighton, Lewes and Hastings Railway Act
7&8 Vict c.91
1845
Brighton, Lewes and Hastings Railway (Keymer Branch) Act
8&9 Vict c.52
London and Brighton Railway (Horsham Branch) Act
8&9 Vict c.113
Brighton, Lewes and Hastings Railway (Hastings, Rye and Ashford Extension) Act
8&9 Vict c.200
1846
London and Brighton Railway (East Grinstead) Act
9&10 Vict c.54
Brighton, Lewes and Hastings Railway Act
9&10 Vict c.63
London and Brighton (Littlehampton Branch) Railway Act
9&10 Vict c.68
London and Brighton (Steyning Branch) Railway Act
9&10 Vict c.69
London and Brighton Railway (Wandsworth Branch) Act
9&10 Vict c.281
London and Brighton Railway Act
9&10 Vict c.283
Royal Assent 27 July 1846
Allowed the formal merger of the London and Brighton (L&BR), London and Croydon (L&CR), Brighton and Chichester (B&CR), Brighton Lewes and Hasting (BLHR) and Croydon and Epsom (C&ER) railway companies.
L&BR already owned the B&CR and the BL&HR and was the principal shareholder in the C&ER.
1847
Brighton and Chichester (Portsmouth Extension) and London and South Western Railways Act
10&11 Vict c.244
1848
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Act
11&12 Vict c.136
1853
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Act
16&17 Vict c.100
1854
London,Brighton and South Coast Railway Act
17&18 Vict c.57
[Brighton, Cuckfield and West Grinstead Turnpike Roads]
17&18 Vict c.137
1858
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (Capital) Act
21&22 Vict c.57
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (New Lines) Act
21&22 Vict c.84
1860
Epsom and Leatherhead Railway (South Western and Brighton) Act
23&24 Vict c.158
London Brighton and South Coast Railway (Stations, &c) Act
23&24 Vict c.171
1861
Brighton, Uckfield and Tunbridge Wells Railway Act
24&25 Vict c.174
1862
[New Chapel, Lindfield and Brighton Road]
25&26 Vict c.18
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (Stations, &c) Act
25&26 Vict c.68
London Brighton and South Coast Railway (New Lines) Act
25&26 Vict c.78
1863
London Brighton and South Coast Railway (Dorking to Leatherhead) Act
An Act to enable the London, Brighton, and South-Coast Railway Company to make a Railway from Dorking to Leatherhead; and for other Purposes.
26&27 Vict c.137
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (Extensions, &c) Act
An Act to enable the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company to make Extensions and Alterations of their Railways authorized by The London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway (New Lines) Act, 1862, and other Works; and for other Purposes.
26&27 Vict c.142
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (Various Powers) Act
An Act to enable the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company to make a new Line of Railway at Croydon, and a Tramway at Newhaven; to acquire additional Lands; and for other Purposes.
26&27 Vict c.192
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (Mitcham and Tooting Lines, &c) Act
An Act to enable the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company to make new Lines of Railway to Mitcham, Sutton, and Tooting, in Surrey, and to connect the same with other Railways; and for other Purposes.
26&27 Vict c.218
Victoria Station and Pimlico Railway Act
An Act to confer further Powers on the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company with reference to the widening and Improvement of the Pimlico Railway; and for other Purposes.
26&27 Vict c.227
1864
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (Kemptown Station and Line) Act
27&28 Vict. c.64
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (Ouse Valley Line) Act
27&28 Vict. c.123
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (Steamboats) Act
27&28 Vict. c.154
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (Tunbridge Wells and Eastbourne Line) Act
27&28 Vict. c.172
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (Battersea Lines) Act
27&28 Vict. c.274
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (Additional Powers) Act
27&28 Vict. c.345
1865
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (St Leonards Line) Act
28&29 Vict. c.50
London,Brighton and South Coast Railway (Additional Powers) Act
28&29 Vict. c.66
Tooting, Merton and Wimbledon Railway (South Western and Brighton) Act
28&29 Vict. c.273
1866
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (St Leonard's Deviations) Act
29&30 Vict. c.234
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (Capital and Powers) Act
29&30 Vict. c.281
[South Eastern and London, Chatham and Dover (London, Lewes and Brighton) Railways]
29&30 Vict. c.318
Authorised the construction of a railway branching off the main London to Dover line, to be built in five stages, the last running from Lewes to the east side of the Steine Gardens in Brighton (ie, Grand Parade).
Repealed by London, Lewes, and Brighton Railways Abandonment Act 1868 c.123.
1867
London Brighton and South Coast Railway Act
30&31 Vict c.163
1868
London, Lewes, and Brighton Railways Abandonment Act
31&32 Vict. c.123
Abolished the plan for the railway enacted in 1866.
Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2013 as spent.
London Brighton and South Coast Railway Act
31&32 Vict. c.134
1869
London Brighton and South Coast and Surrey and Sussex Junction Railway Companies' Amalgamation Act
32&33 Vict. c.123
1870
London Brighton and South Coast Railway Act
33&34 Vict c.154
1874
London Brighton and South Coast Railway Act
37&38 Vict c.54
1875
London Brighton and South Coast Railway Act
38&39 Vict c.96
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1876
London, Brighton and South Coast, and Tunbridge Wells and Eastbourne Railways Act
An Act to vest in the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company the Undertaking of the Tunbridge Wells and Eastbourne Railway Company, and to make better provision for railway communication to Eastbourne.
39&40 Vict c.55
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (Chichester and Midhurst Railway) Act
An Act for authorising the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company to make a Railway from their Railway at Chichester to their Mid-Sussex and Midhurst Junction Railway at Midhurst; and for other purposes.
39&40 Vict c.109
London Brighton and South Coast Railway (Various Powers) Act
An Act for conferring further powers on the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company.
39&40 Vict c.144
South Western Railway (Various Powers)
An Act to confer further powers upon the London and South-western Railway Company in respect of their Undertaking and of the Undertakings of other Companies, and to empower that Company and the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company to purchase additional Lands for the purposes of the Tooting, Merton, and Wimbledon Railway; and for other purposes.
39&40 Vict c.213
1877
London Brighton and South Coast Railway Act
An Act to confer further Powers on the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company.
40&41 Vict c.28
South Western and Brighton Railway (Isle of Wight and Ryde Pier Railway) Act
40&41 Vict c.107
Brighton and Dyke Railway Act
An Act for making a Railway between Brighton and the Dyke, in the County of Sussex; and for other purposes.
40&41 Vict c.189
1878
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (Croydon, Oxted and East Grinstead Railways) Act
41&42 Vict c.72
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (Various Powers)
41&42 Vict c.74
1879
South Western and Brighton Railway Companies (Steam Vessels)
42&43 Vict c.30
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (Various Powers)
42&43 Vict c.31
1881
Brighton and Dyke Railway Act
An Act to revive the powers and extend the periods for the compulsory purchase of lands and for the construction of the Brighton and Dyke Railway.
44&45 Vict c.118
1882
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (Capital) Act
An Act to enable the London Brighton and South Coast Railway Company to raise further Capital.
45&46 Vict c.5
Brighton District Tramways Act
45&46 Vict c.89
Royal Assent 3 July 1882
London Brighton and South Coast Railway (Various Powers) Act
An Act to confer further Powers on the London Brighton and South Coast Railway Company and for other purposes.
45&46 Vict c.93
Stratford-upon-Avon, Towcester and Midland Junction Railway Act
An Act for authorising the London and South-western Railway Company to make new Railways and other works and to purchase additional lands, and for conferring other powers upon them in relation to their own and other undertakings; for the widening of the Somerset and Dorset Railway; for empowering the Company and the London Brighton and South Coast Railway Company to acquire additional lands; for the sale or lease of part of the Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway to the Company; for authorising agreements between the Company and other Corporations bodies and Companies; and for other purposes.
45&46 Vict c.209
Repealed by the Midland and Central Wales Junction Railway (Abandonment) Act 1896 c.2
1883
Southsea Railway Act
An Act to confer further powers on the Southsea Railway Company for the construction of new and the completion of their authorised Railways and to confirm an Agreement between that Company and the London and South Western Railway Company: To provide for the abandonment of certain Roads authorised by the London Brighton and South Coast Railway (Various Powers) Act 1882; and for other purposes.
46&47 Vict c.160
South Western Railway (Various Powers) Act
An Act for authorising the London and South-western Railway Company to make new railways and deviations and widenings of railways and other works and to purchase additional lands and for conferring other powers upon them in relation to their own and other undertakings; for empowering the Company and the London Brighton and South Coast Railway Company to construct a railway and to acquire lands and to exercise other powers; for the sale or amalgamation to or with the undertaking of the Company of the Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway; to empower the Company to construct certain railways of the North Cornwall Railway Company and to appoint a director of and take and hold part of the capital of that Company; for the sale or lease to the Company and the London Brighton and South Coast Railway Company of the Southsea Railway; for authorising and varying or annulling agreements between the Company and other Corporations bodies Companies and persons; and for other purposes.
46&47 Vict c.189
1884
London Brighton and South Coast Railway (Various Powers) Act
47&48 Vict c.97
An Act to confer further Powers on the London Brighton and South Coast Railway Company; to transfer to them the powers of the Oxted and Groombridge Railway Company; and for other purposes.
1885
London Brighton and South Coast Railway (Various Powers) Act
An Act to confer further Powers on the London Brighton and South Coast Railway Company.
48&49 Vict c.67
1886
London, Brighton & South Coast Railway (Various Powers) Act
An Act to confer further powers on the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Company.
49&50 Vict c.37
Royal Assent 4 Jun 1886
Brighton and Dyke Railway Act
An Act to enlarge the time for opening the Brighton and Dyke Railway for the public conveyance of passengers.
49&50 Vict c.45
[Brighton, Rottingdean and Newhaven Direct Railway]
An Act for making a railway from Brighton to Rottingdean and Newhaven in the county of Sussex and for other purposes.
49&50 Vict c.100
Royal Assent 25 June 1886
This was a scheme to build a link between the LB&SCR lines at Kemp Town in Brighton and Denton in Newhaven.
Repealed by Brighton, Rottingdean and Newhaven Direct Railway 1887 c.192 and Brighton, Rottingdean and Newhaven Direct Railway (Abandonment) Act 1894 c.144.
1887
London, Brighton & South Coast Railway (Various Powers) Act
50&51 Vict c.29
An Act to confer further powers on the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Company and for other purposes.
Brighton and Dyke Railway Act
An Act to extend the time for completing and opening the Brighton and Dyke Railway.
50&51 Vict c.69
[Brighton, Rottingdean and Newhaven Direct Railway]
An Act to authorise the Brighton, Rottingdean, and Newhaven Direct Railway Company to make a Railway in Brighton in connection with their authorised Railway; and for other purposes.
50&51 Vict c.192
1888
London, Brighton & South Coast Railway (Various Powers) Act
An Act to confer further powers on the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Company and for other purposes.
51&52 Vict c.17
1889
[Brighton, Rottingdean and Newhaven Direct Railway]
An Act to extend the time for the purchase of land for and completion of the Brighton, Rottingdean and Newhaven Direct Railway and for other purposes.
52&53 Vict c.29
Repealed by Brighton, Rottingdean and Newhaven Direct RailwayAbandonment Act 1894 c.144.
1890
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (Agreements Confirmation) Act
An Act to confirm Modifications made by the Award of an Umpire in certain Agreements between the London, Brighton and South Coast and South Eastern Railway Companies and the Extension of those Agreements.
53&54 Vict c.39
London, Brighton & South Coast Railway (Various Powers) Act
An Act to confer further powers on the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Company and for other purposes.
53&54 Vict c.148
1891
London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company (Rates and Charges) Order Confirmation Act
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Board of Trade under the Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888, containing the Classification of Merchandise Traffic, and the Schedule of Maximum Rates and Charges applicable thereto, of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company, and certain other Railway Companies connected therewith.
54&55 Vict c.217
Royal Assent 5 August 1891.
Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2013 as spent.
1892
London, Brighton & South Coast Railway (Various Powers) Act
An Act to confer further powers on the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Company and for other purposes.
55&56 Vict c.122
1893
[Brighton, Rottingdean and Newhaven Direct Railway]
An Act to extend the time for the purchase of land for and completion of the Brighton, Rottingdean and Newhaven Direct Railway and for other purposes.
56&57 Vict c.150
Repealed by Brighton, Rottingdean and Newhaven Direct RailwayAbandonment Act 1894 c.144.
Brighton and Rottingdean Seashore Electric Tramroad Act
56&57 Vict c.158
Royal Assent 27 July 1893
Permitted the construction of Magnus Volk's Sea-going Car ('Daddy Longlegs') by the Brighton and Rottingdean Seashore Electric Tramroad Company.
1894
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (Steam Vessels) Act
57&58 Vict c.6
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Act
57&58 Vict c.104
Brighton Rottingdean and Newhaven Direct Railway (Abandonment) Act
57&58 Vict c.144
Royal Assent 31 July 1894.
Cancelled the 1886 Act.
Repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2013 as spent.
1896
Brighton and Rottingdean Seashore Electric Tramroad Act
59&60 Vict c.33
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Act
59&60 Vict c.128
1898
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Act
61&62 Vict c.111
1899
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (Pensions) Act
62&63 Vict c.54
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (Various Powers) Act
62&63 Vict c.205
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1900
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (Various Powers) Act
63&64 Vict c.30
Brighton Corporation Act
63&64 Vict c.99
Royal Assent 30 July 1900
Repealed by Tramways Order Confirmation (No 1) Act 1902 c.202.
1901
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Act
1 Edw VII c.111
1901
Brighton Corporation Tramways [bye-laws]
Made 2 August 1901
Full set of bye-laws at London Gazette, 13 August 1901: 5346-7
Brighton Corporation Tramways Order
Made 19 September 1901
No 7: no smoking inside or on front three rows outside and no spitting anywhere, penalty not exceeding 40s (£2).
[See London Gazette, 24 September 1903: 6236]
1902
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Act
2 Edw VII c.8
Brighton and Rottingdean Seashore Electric Tramroad Act
2 Edw VII c.13
Tramways Orders Confirmation (No 1) Act
2 Edw VII c.202
Repealed by Brighton Corporation Act 1931 c.109.
Brighton Corporation Tramways Order
[Summary] Power to Corporation of Brighton to Construct Tramways in the Borough and work same by Mechanical Power; Breaking-up of Streets; Purchase of Lands; Tolls, &c; Application of Funds and Borrowing of Money; Rates; Incorporation, Amendment and Repeal of Acts, &c. [London Gazette, 19 November 1901, 7547ff].
Includes details of routes 1,1a, 2, 2a and 2b.
1903
Brighton Corporation Tramways [bye-laws]
Made 29 October 1903
Nos 2,3 and 4: no smoking inside or in front of the trolley pole and no spitting anywhere, penalty not exceeding 40s (£2). In force from 1 January 1904.
[See London Gazette, 3 November 1903: 6705]
Brighton Corporation Tramway Provisional Order
[See London Gazette, 20 Nov 1903: 7261-2]
1903
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Act
3 Edw VII c.120
[Brighton Corporation]
3 Edw VII c.225
See under City and Administration
A proposed Bill for Hove Corporation Tramways was reported in the London Gazette (21 November 1902: 7685ff) that may have been superseded by the following.
Hove, Worthing and District Tramways Act
3 Edw VII c.204
Royal Assent 11 August 1903
[Summary] Construction of new and additional tramways in the Boroughs of Hove and Worthing, the urban districts of Portslade-by-Sea, New Shoreham, and Littlehampton, and the rural districts of Steyning West and East Preston, in the county of Sussex; Abandonment of portion of existing tramway; Adaptation of existing tramways for working by electrical or other mechanical power; Interference with streets, roads, etc; Compulsory purchase of lands, etc; Power to purchase parts only of properties; Provision of footbridge by widening existing bridge at Kingston-by-Sea; Power to deviate; Works in connection with Tramways and other works; Generating stations; Electrical or other motive power; Gauge; Posts; Overhead wires; Tolls; Running Powers over Tramways of Corporation of Brighton, &c; Agreements as to supply of electrical energy; Purchase of Norfolk Bridge by West Sussex County Council; Power to East Sussex County Council and Corporations of Brighton, Hove, and Worthing, and Councils of Urban Districts of Portslade-by-Sea, Southwick, and New Shoreham, and Rural District of Steyning West, to apply funds and levy rates for contributions to County Council for cost of purchase and of maintenance of Norfolk Bridge, and to enter into agreements; Power to East Sussex County Council and Councils of Urban District of Littlehampton and Rural District of East Preston, and other Local Authorities and persons to enter into agreements; Provisions empowering the Local Authorities affected to adapt existing, and construct proposed, tramways and other works in lieu of Company; Amendment or repeal of the provisions of section 43 of the Tramways Act, 1870, with respect to the acquisition of the tramways by Local Authorities, and of 11 Geo IV cap. 02 with respect to Norfolk Bridge; Provisions with respect to vesting of Undertaking of Brighton and Shoreham Tramways Company Limited in British Electric Traction Company Limited; Bye-laws and regulations; Incorporation, amendment and application or repeal of Acts; Other powers and purposes. [London Gazette, 21 November 1902, 7833ff]
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1906
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Act
6 Edw VII c.145
1908
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Act
8 Edw VII c.83
1911
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (Steam Vessels) Act
1&2 Geo V c.11
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Act
1&2 Geo V c.60
Royal Assent 18 August 1911
[Brighton Hove and District Railless Traction]
1&2 Geo V c. 110
Royal Assent 18 August 1911
Repealed by Brighton Corporation Act 1931 c.109.
Four proposed Bills were notified in the London Gazette on the following dates that do not appear to have been enacted:
Brighton District Tramways (22 November 1910, 8501ff)
Hove Corporation Railless Traction (21 November 1911, 8594ff)
Brighton, Hove and District Railless Traction (24 November 1911, 8814ff). This may have been the basis of [Brighton Corporation] 1913 3&4 Geo V c 46.
Brighton District Tramways (24 November 1911, 8817ff)
1913
[Brighton Corporation]
An Act to authorise the transfer to the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the county borough of Brighton of the powers vested in the Brighton, Hove, and Preston United Omnibus Company, Limited, under the Brighton, Hove, and District Railless Traction Act, 1911, and to sanction and confirm the purchase by the Corporation of lands adjoining the borough in the parishes of Ovingdean and Rottingdean; and for other purposes.
3&4 Geo V c.46
See under City and Administration.
1914
London Brighton and South Coast Railway Act
4&5 Geo V c. 102
Royal Assent 31 July 1914
1924
Southern Railway Act
14&15 Geo V c.66
1936
Trunk Roads Act
1 Edw VIII & 1 Geo VI c.5
Royal Assent 18 December 1936
This Public Act designated the A23 London-Brighton road as a trunk road.
Read the Act here
1938
Brighton Corporation (Transport) Act
1&2 Geo VI c.89
Royal Assent 29 July 1938
Repealed (except part of s.32) by East Sussex Act 1981 c.25.
1947
Brighton Corporation (Trolley Vehicles) Order Confirmation Act
10&11 Geo VI c.25
Royal Assent 31 July 1947
Transport Act
10&11 Geo VI c.
Royal Assent 6 August 1947
Nationalised bus services. The Brioghjton, Hove and District Omnibus Company, owned and operated by Thomas Tilling Ltd, was taken into public ownership.
1952
Brighton Corporation (Trolley Vehicles) Order Confirmation Act
15&16 Geo VI & 1 Eliz II c.21
Royal Assent 1 August 1952
Repealed by East Sussex Act 1981 c.25.
2013
Statute Law (Repeals) Act
2013 c.2
Royal Assent 31 January 2013
Repealed much 'spent' legislation including London, Lewes, and Brighton Railways Abandonment Act 1868, Brighton Rottingdean and Newhaven Direct Railway (Abandonment) Act 1894,. London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company (Rates and Charges) Order Confirmation Act 1891
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