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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… feet of water can enter. The Brighton and Portsmouth railway passes to the south of the town, and has a station …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… has been made by subscription, for the construction of a railway from Perth to Stirling, which, if carried into … from the southern to the northern extremity, and by the railway between the same places, which, entering the parish …
A Dictionary of London
… were commenced in 1884, and with the Metropolitan Railway occupy the site of several former Courts, viz. : " …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Edward (d. 1842) had apparently opposed the idea of a railway in 1837, 4 the first two stations to serve the town … 8 The growth of tourism continued. With the advent of the railway Arundel had become a goal of excursionists, for … southwards expansion, though by c. 1875 the advent of the railway had brought a few scattered villas between the bridge …
A History of the County of Sussex
… after 1882 by Barnham market in Eastergate near the railway junction, but the later revival of road transport … route in the Arun valley until the arrival of the railway in the mid 19th century. The road from Chichester via … canal and then by the Brighton-Portsmouth railway. Char. Com. files, for the Five-village soc. founded …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… intersected by the Basingstoke canal and the SouthWestern railway, and comprises, with Normandy, about 4000 acres, of … worked. An act was passed in 1846, for constructing a railway from the South-Devon railway at Newton-Abbott to Ashburton, 10 miles long. The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Within a mile and a half is a station on the Midland railway. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books … and situated near the London and Birmingham railway and the Union canal. The living is a discharged … 3150 acres. A station on the Birmingham and Gloucester railway is situated close to the village. The living is a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… between the town and Canterbury; and the South-Eastern railway passes near it: an act was obtained in 1845 for a railway to Hastings, 29 miles long; a railway was opened to Canterbury in Feb. 1846, and extended …
A History of the County of Somerset
… 13 ran along the northern boundary. The Somerset Central Railway, built along the canal bank, was opened in 1854. … families. 18 A peat factory had been established near the railway station by the 1920s, producing peat fuel, … was at work by 1889 and in 1891 there were several railway employees. 5 There was a saddlery in 1909. 6 In 1939 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Amber and Milntown, and within three miles of the Midland railway. The parish comprises 9700 a. 2 r. 37 p., of which 62 … of the Birmingham canal. From Ashted verge four lines of railway, the London, the Gloucester and Bristol, the Grand …