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A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney left the main north road just south of the later railway line. 25 The road southwards through Clanfield to … no carriers were noted later. 35 The East Gloucestershire Railway, from Fairford (Glos.) to Witney, was opened in 1873, … 32; E. T. MacDermot and C. R. Clinker, Hist. Gt Western Railway (1964 edn), II, 40 and n.; C. R. Clinker, Reg. Closed …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… line of inland navigation. The Blackburn and Preston railway, running hence to the Farington station of the … of Preston, was opened in June, 1846; and the distance by railway between the two towns has been since diminished, by … the angle at Farington. The Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton railway, 14 miles in length, was opened in May 1847. The …
Old and New London
… should we forget their noble disinterestedness during the railway mania of 1845, when, although they were receiving more than 3,000 a week for railway advertisements, they warned the country unceasingly …
Survey of London
… the river and Upper Ground. The site is now covered by the railway goods depot. The Goods Depot, British Railways … (Southern Region) In 1863 the London, Chatham and Dover Railway Company acquired the land between the river and the … on plan. The building is of interest as an early essay in railway architecture and in the use made of the Italianate …
Old and New London
… station and goods dept on the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway. Somewhere near this spot, at no great distance from …
Old and New London
… Vale; it has its churches and chapels, assembly-rooms, railway station, skating rink, banks, besides several good …
Survey of London
… northern part was appropriated by the London and Blackwall Railway in 1838 for an extension of the line to Brunswick … 210). Perhaps to compensate for the ground lost to the railway, the basin of the wet dock itself was partially … with the Greens. 165 Blackwall Yard and the Midland Railway's Poplar Dock in the mid-1890s. Based on the Ordnance …
Survey of London
… from the rest of the yard by the new London and Blackwall Railway, whose tracks sliced the premises in two. The oldest … and most historic portion was bought by the Midland Railway and completely redeveloped as a collier-dock, which …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… over the river Tees, which is navigable here; and a railway from Darlington to York passes in the vicinity. There …
A History of the County of Oxford
… doubt working on the farms of the Blenheim estate. The 38 railway labourers in Bladon in 1851 were presumably temporary … were 10 gardeners and 3 gamekeepers, 6 men worked on the railway, and there were only 19 gloveresses. 20 In 1891 the …