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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… than local importance. The March-Spalding line of British Railways, Eastern Region, opened in 1867, 4 crosses the … part in 1866 to the Great Northern and Great Eastern Railways. The house itself was sold about 1948. 41 In 1725 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… The Peterborough-Wisbech-Sutton Bridge branch of British Railways (formerly Midland and Great Northern Joint), which …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 17 They were used by the Eastern Counties and East Anglian Railways respectively. About the same time (1845-50) rival … were promoted by the Great Northern and Eastern Counties Railways. The former company proposed a new cut to the river … generally, and was due no doubt to the damage done by railways to the trade of the port. For the next generation …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 1862 George Dawbarn, a Wisbech merchant, stated that 'the railways have almost annihilated the coal trade' ( Fenland N. …