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Old and New London
… this was much cut up in forming the Highgate and Edgware Railway; another piece, somewhat less encroached upon, lies …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the same distance towards the south: the Great Western railway also passes on the south. The houses in general are …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… over the adjacent country. The York and North-Midland railway passes through the township. There is a place of … by the Oxford canal, and the London and Birmingham railway, the rateable annual value of the former property … canal, close to which the Birmingham and Gloucester railway passes. There are several good fox-covers. The living …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… has been extensively damaged. In 1855 construction of the railway tunnel defaced the defences on the N. and E.; during … the bottom of its open ditch. A cut section drawn by the railway surveyor S. of the present tunnel entrance during …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… market followed the establishment in 1838 of a railway link with London. 11 By 1853 the Victoria and … were still large areas of glass along both sides of the railway between Uxbridge and Cowley and at Pield Heath. 22 … and disturbances caused by drunken brick-field and railway workers. 89 In 1841 there were said to be 146 …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… and brickearth before 1894. 14 Elsewhere in the parish the railway encouraged horticultural specialization for the … On the branch line to West Drayton, Vine Street and Cowley stations were closed to passengers in 1962, and by 1966 the … lanes between parks and recreation grounds. North of the railway the area bounded by Park Road and Western Avenue has …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… to the District in 1840. 40 By 1864 there were police stations in Kingston Lane and at Goulds Green. 41 The western …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… century, but the sale of plots for factory building and railway construction began in 1905. The remaining 157 a. of …