Search
A History of the County of Middlesex
… rapid growth was in Heston, and in 1851, just after the railway had been built with stations at Isleworth and Hounslow, Heston had over 4,000 … of post-horses. 13 With the opening of the Great Western Railway there was a short but disastrous depression in the …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… did the real changes begin before the coming of the railway. Topography Since 1849. In 1849 the Windsor, Staines & South Western Railway opened their loop line from Barnes to Feltham (now … in 1909, and in 1925 the names of the three Hounslow stations were changed from Hounslow Town, Heston-Hounslow, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… site now more or less obliterated by the Underground railway. 13 Some time after 1635 this house seems to have …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Jersey Road), about when the Metropolitan and District Railway was built. 76 During the 19th century a good deal of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a. 1 r. 29 p. woodland. Here is a station of the Norfolk railway, four miles distant from the Wymondham station, and … works connected with it: the proprietors have a private railway, by which the coal is conveyed to the river Wear at … burthen have been constructed at this place. Here are two stations on the Brandling Junction railway. The present …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… and the following year a halt was opened on the Wye Valley railway on the Monmouthshire side of the bridge. 76 A ferry … encouraged partly by the opening of the Wye Valley railway on the Monmouthshire side of the river in 1876, 7 … 28 Trade declined with the opening of the Wye Valley railway in 1876, and continued on a limited scale into the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… passes through it, are four wharfs: the Oxford and Rugby railway, also, runs near the village. A market for corn, held … The Grand Junction canal and the London and Birmingham railway pass through the parish, and on its southern boundary … and consists of 1192 acres, whereof 12 are occupied by the railway, the rateable annual value of which property in the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… been built in the year 1345. The Chester and Shrewsbury railway runs a few miles on the west of the village, passing … and with perfect safety. The Admiralty's and the Holyhead Railway Company's steam-packets, of 670 tons' burthen, and … form one of the most splendid refuge-harbours and packet-stations in the world. The necessary funds are to be advanced …