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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… that marked the Tudor and early Stuart inclosures in the Midland counties. Even in the chalk country, inclosure had … London market, a development made easy by the excellent railway connexions between the dairying country and the … beginning of the century, was chosen by the Great Western Railway in the autumn of 1840 as the site of its railway …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… 1845, when it was owned by Lord Cadogan, the West London Railway, the Kensington Canal Company, and Chelsea …
A History of the County of Essex
… that, unlike the older docks, it was already served by a railway line, and that the railway contractors (Kennard, Brassey and Peto) had acquired … and was both served and stimulated by the coming of the railway. The large share which London had in the railway …
A History of the County of Essex
… Such a ferry service was operated until 1908 by the railway company in connexion with its service to North … came to be no more than feeders of the railways. The railway first came to suburban Essex in 1839 when the Eastern … of its suburban lines but made no start on it. In 1912 the Midland Railway bought the London, Tilbury and Southend line …
A History of the County of Chester
… already moved to Brook Street to be near the newly built railway. Ten years later all but two of Chester's eleven coal … arches in the central block, were extensive coal yards and railway sidings. Further offices were built in the yards in …
A History of the County of Chester
… on Bache brook. 172 The site of the mill pool, near Bache railway station, was still identifiable in 1995. In the …
A History of the County of Chester
… and institutions Railways RAILWAYS There were abortive railway schemes in the mid 1820s to link Birmingham and … grouped in 1923 the L.N.W.R. became part of the London, Midland, and Scottish Railway (L.M.S.R.) and the Great … 30; above, Public Utilities: Sewerage; C.P.S., London, Midland, and Scottish Railway Station. Correspondence between …
A History of the County of Chester
… the early 1840s. 140 Nearby market towns without a direct railway link had road carriers to Chester for much longer. In … Runcorn, Warrington, Neston, and Parkgate. 141 As the railway lines became denser, many of those were also … unregulated market. The company was bought by the London, Midland, and Scottish Railway in 1929 and passed to …
A History of the County of Chester
… awkward for horse-drawn boats and was made worse when the railway cut across the cramped site below the locks, reducing … continued until the opening of the Chester and Birkenhead Railway in 1840. 85 The new link to the Mersey attracted a … leased in perpetuity to the London and North Western Railway, but the Shropshire Union continued to have …