| REF. NO. | DENOMINATION | DESCRIPTION | NO.ISSUED | VALUE |
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| 101 | £10 share | 185[6], black | >12863 | £40 |
| 103 | New share 1860 | ? | ? | – |
| 105 | 5½% preference share | ? | ? | – |
| 107 | Porthywaen branch share | ? | ? | – |
| 109 | £10 5% ‘Llanfyllin and Kerry extension’ share | ? | ? | – |
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| 110x | Consolidated stock | 186[2], black, cancelled | #354 | £30 |
Oswestry and Newtown Railway Company
Incorporated on 26th June 1855.
A 30 mile line between the towns, which opened in 1860-61. The line amalgamated with the Oswestry, Ellesmere and Whitchurch, the Newtown and Machynlleth, and the Llanidloes and Newtown companies to form the Cambrian Railways in 1864. Grouped into the Great Western Railway in 1923.
Capital £250,000 in £10 shares, and loans of £83,000. £100,000 raised in 1860 and cancelled shares re-issued at 5½% preference, and further amounts raised for extensions.
1855