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Great Eastern Railway. Works, including additional land at Cambridge.
Catalogue reference: Q/RUm/127
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- Q/RUm/127
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- Great Eastern Railway. Works, including additional land at Cambridge.
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Description:
1. Construction of a railway from Woodford to Ilford, Essex, commencing by a junction with the G.E.R. Loughton and Ongar Branch Railway, near Snakes Lane, Woodford, and terminating in Ilford by a junction with the G.E.R. line to Colchester.
2. Junction line between Railway No. 1 and the G.E.R. Colchester line.
3. Widening of the G.E.R. main Colchester line between Cranbrook Road and Iron Bridge, Ilford, Essex.
4. Widening and improvement of the line between Wroxham Station, Worstead and North Walsham, Norfolk.
5. Additional lines at Canning Town, West Ham, Essex.
6. Additional lines at Angel Lane, Stratford, Essex.
7. Widening and improvement of lines at Broxbourne, Herts.
8. Widening and improvement of lines at Ware, Herts.
9. Diversion of Snakes Lane, Woodford, Essex.
10. Alteration and widening of Leyton Road, Leyton, Essex.
11. Additional lands at Canning Town, Cambridge, Ilford, Forncett St. Peter, Tottenham.
12. Lands already acquired at Tufnell Park, Lowestoft, Ipswich, Chesterton, Bishops Stortford, Wivenhoe.
Passing through the following parishes:
1. Woodford, Buckhurst Hill, Chigwell, Ilford (all co. Essex).
2 & 3. Ilford (Essex).
4. Hoveton St. John, Belaugh, Hoveton St. Peter, Tunstead, Sloley, Worstead, North Walsham, (all co. Norfolk).
5. West Ham (co. Essex).
6. Leyton (co. Essex).
7. Broxbourne (co. Hertfordshire).
8. Ware (co. Hertfordshire).
9. Woodford (co. Essex).
10. Leyton (co. Essex).
11. Canning Town, parish of West Ham (co. Essex); St. Andrew the Less, Cambridge; Ilford (co. Essex); Forncett St. Peter (co. Norfolk); Tottenham (co. Middlesex.)
12. Tufnell Park in the parish of St. Mary, Islington (co. Middlesex); Lowestoft (co. Suffolk); parish of St. Mary Stoke, Ipswich (co. Suffolk); Chesterton, (co. Cambridgeshire); Bishop's Stortford (co. Herts.); Wivenhoe (co. Essex.)
Comprising:
- Plans and sections: 22 sheets, each 22 x 30.
- Ordnance Survey sheets, (4); Scale- 1 inch to 1 mile.
- Book of reference.
- Printed summary of bill.
Scales:
1 & 2. Plan: 3 chains (66 yards) to 1 inch.
- Sections: Horizontal- 3 chains (66 yards) to 1 inch; Vertical- 60 feet to 1 inch.
- Cross sections: Horizontal- 4 chains (88 yards) to 1 inch; Vertical- 40 feet to 1 inch.
3. Plan: 1 chain-(22 yards) to 1 inch.
- Sections and cross sections: Horizontal-1 chain (22 yards) to 1 inch; Vertical- 20 feet to 1 inch.
4. Plan: approx. 5 chains (110 yards) to 1 inch.
- Cross sections: Horizontal- 4 chains (88 yards) to 1 inch; Vertical: 40 feet to 1 inch.
- Long sections: Vertical- 60 feet to 1 inch; Horizontal- 3 chains (66 yards) to 1 inch.
5 & 6. Plan and section: Horizontal- 4 chains (88 yards) to 1 inch; Vertical- 20 feet to 1 inch.
7. Plan and section: Horizontal- 3 chains (66 yards) to 1 inch; Vertical- 40 feet to 1 inch.
8. Plan and section: Horizontal- 1 chain (22 yards) to 1 inch.
- Plan and cross section: Horizontal- 2 chains (44 yards) to 1 inch; Vertical-20 feet to 1 inch.
9 & 10. Plan and section: Horizontal- 1 chain (22 yards) to 1 inch.
- Sections: Vertical- 20 feet to 1 inch.
11 & 12. Plans: 3 chains- (66 yards) to 1 inch.
Engineer:
- John Wilson.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Cambridgeshire Archives
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Plan deposited November, 1896.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/27a350c8-fce9-4f68-a860-ef130cafaa64/
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Q/RUm
Public Utility Plans
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This record is held at Cambridgeshire Archives
Within the fonds: Q
CAMBRIDGESHIRE: QUARTER SESSIONS RECORDS
Within the sub-fonds: Q/R
ENROLMENT, REGISTRATION AND DEPOSIT
Within the series: Q/RUm
Public Utility Plans
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Great Eastern Railway. Works, including additional land at Cambridge.