Progress of the Bill in Parliament: Part 1. Failure (1831 -1832).

Notes sourced from local newspapers, books and board minutes charting the progress of the Bill from its formal petition in 1831.

List includes sources covering public opposition to the Bill and the formation of the railway opposition committee.

Evidence and petitions for and against the LBR were submitted to the House of Lords Committee. The opposition was lead by Lord Brownlow and the Bill was rejected by the Committee of House of Lords in 1832.