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History Theses 1970-2014: Historical research for higher degrees in the universities of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland
… H. The contribution of imperial guarantees for colonial railway loans to the consolidating of British North America, … A.P. Ph.D., Durham. Organized labour in Argentina: the railway unions to 1922. Thompson, Ruth M. D.Phil., Oxford. … Decolonisation, of Belize; Belize, independence Brazilian railway culture. Cooper, Martin Ph.D., York. (Hist.). …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… The mail is now conveyed by the Chester and Holyhead Railway, which was opened in the year 1848. This important … packets are now stationed. Quitting the bridge, the railway passes along a great embankment, near the end of … arches, forming one of the greatest ornaments of the railway. It next runs along the Trvdraeth tunnel, about 550 …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the City of Salisbury
… Chequer, (133) 89a. Great Tower, see Old Sarum. " Western Railway, l. Green: Maurice, 1621, mayoral chair, (13) 47b. … 161a. Loder House (391) 144a. London and South Western Railway, l; (25) 54b. 'London Inn' (67) 65a. Long: Arms of, … Inn, former site of, (25) 54b; Roof from, (475) 157a. Malmesbury, William of, xxxi. Malthouses: (159) 93b; (420) …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Heath against the boundary of the cemetery, south of the railway. It has now all but perished, the slightest … of a mile north of Acton Station on the Great Western Railway are the remains of two moats, of which one will be … of a mile north of Acton Station on the Great Western Railway, in a field called 'Moated Meadow,' two fields …
A History of the County of Oxford
… on the opposite side of the valley on the bank above the railway the Grim's Ditch comes to an apparent end pointing … the remains of a shallow bank between the ditch and the railway on this side, a second ditch which would appear to … side of a natural gulley, and comes to an end above the railway and the River Evenlode, pointing straight for one of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… In 1846 an act was passed for the construction of a railway from Basingstoke, by Andover, to Salisbury. The … rendered productive by manure. The Newcastle and Carlisle railway skirts the township on the south. At Hexham Bridge … conveyed to the shipping by the Pontop and South Shields railway. There is a place of worship for Primitive …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… and 50 wood; it is intersected by the Arbroath and Dundee railway, and is bounded on the south by the sea. It has an … the coast, did not exceed 60,000. The Arbroath and Forfar railway, constructed by a company empowered to raise a … every requisite accommodation. The Dundee and Arbroath railway, along the coast, has also its terminal station here, …
A Dictionary of London
… 19th century it suffered considerable curtailment owing to railway construction and the formation of Broad Street … Street Station and the formation of the Metropolitan Railway lines. Angel Alley South out of Thames Street, … M. 1677). Removed for the formation of the Metropolitan Railway, c. 1865. Angel Court East out of Bishopsgate. In …
A Dictionary of London
… Site now occupied by the Parcels' Office, Great Northern Railway. Angel Passage ,-South out of Upper Thames Street at …