The early tramways in the Wye Valley (variously termed as railways, waggon-ways or tram roads) were a transport system of horse-drawn waggons on rails. This title explores all known tramways – the routes taken, the companies that built and ran them and the people who used them – in and around the Wye Valley, to provide a fascinating history of this short-lived form of transportation from the late eighteenth century to the introduction of steam locomotives in the 1850s. Drawing on extensive research of Tramway Company archives, Acts and ledgers, maps and plans, newspapers and journals, archaeological reports, books and illustrations, the author also carried out fieldwork in Monmouthshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Powys.