| Description | Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to R Osborne concerning the Great Western Railway, Bristol and Exeter Railway, and the South Western Railway: GWR and B&ER promoting lines to connect with the South Western Railway, Great Western Railway from Corsham to Salisbury, Bristol and Exeter Railway branch from between Taunton and Bridgwater to Bridport, Weymouth, and Poole, Great Western Railway from Oxford to Wolverhampton and, with Bristol and Gloucester Railway, to South Wales from Stonehouse. |