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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… fossils of leaves and plants. The London and Brighton railway passes through the parish. The living is a rectory, … have been lately established. The Brighton and Chichester railway was opened to Worthing at the close of 1845: a … have a large paper-mill in the township. The North-Union railway passes through, and the Standish station on the line …
A History of the County of Sussex
… epidemic had cost the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway £15,000; 63 the resort did not recover for several … 74 and facilitated by the electrification of the railway line in 1933 75; by 1938 493 people had season … made, mostly by staying visitors. Besides the Southern Railway many coach companies ran day excursions from London …
A History of the County of Sussex
… station, 79 and the second in 1845, shortly before the railway reached Worthing. 80 In 1791 81 and 1812 82 the … services to Portsmouth and various Sussex towns. 87 The railway line from Shoreham to Worthing was opened in 1845, … evening served the needs of commuters. 96 Worthing's first railway station, which survived in 1978, was a small flint …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Fruit Growers Association had obtained a reduction in railway charges. 57 Special loading facilities for fruit were … 65 There were 82 fruit-growers by 1904, at whose instance railway charges had been reduced several times. There were … of the town, near West Worthing station, and south of the railway at Goring. Some of the estates were owned by the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… west end of the town was built up northwards as far as the railway, which had been opened in 1846. The largest area to … building between the north part of Chapel Road and the railway station before 1875, for instance along Teville Road, … in 1843. 3 Some streets of poorer houses south-east of the railway bridge beside the Broadwater road had been built by …
A History of the County of Sussex
… sewerage system had been extended to houses north of the railway in Broadwater and West Tarring. 8 In 1894 a pumping …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… connected with the manufacture. The Gloucester and Bristol railway passes near the town, on the west, where is the … passes through the parish; and the Bristol and Exeter railway, on which is a station within 2 miles, skirts it on … last river enters the Lune below Hornby. The North-Western railway into Yorkshire is distant only about half a mile. The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… from Carlisle; containing 151 inhabitants. The Lancaster railway passes here, and has some heavy cuttings between the … village is pleasantly situated, near the Hull and Selby railway. Wressel Castle was built by Thomas Percy, Earl of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… houses. 13 The presence of the spa and (by 1856) a railway halt led to the emergence of Admaston as a small, … yard. 46 Traffic ceased on the canal in the 1920s. 47 Two railway lines crossed the parish, converging on Wellington. … late 18th century or earlier, it closed c. 1856 after the railway reached Wellington. It then became a farmhouse but …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… are watered by a rivulet. The Liverpool and Birmingham railway skirts the parish on the east. The living is a … on a public thoroughfare. An act was passed in 1846, for a railway from the Great Western line at Maidenhead, to … of the Ashford and Canterbury portion of the South-Eastern railway, 5 miles distant from Ashford, and 9 from Canterbury. …