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Great Northern Railway. Shepreth to March

Catalogue reference: Q/RUm/86

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Q/RUm/86
Title
Great Northern Railway. Shepreth to March
Description

Title Great Northern Railway. Shepreth to March.

Description:

- Construction of a railway in the parish of Shepreth by a junction with the Royston and Hitchin Railway and terminating in March by a junction with the Spalding and March Railway near the Norwood junction signal box.

Passing through the following parishes:

- Shepreth, Foxton, Barrington, Haslingfield, Harston, Hauxton, Grantchester, Cambridge St. Giles, Chesterton, Impington, Histon, Cottenham, Haddenham, Wentworth, Sutton, Mepal, Witcham, Chatteris, Wimblington, March, (parish of Doddington) - all in the county of Cambridgeshire.

Comprising:

- Plan and section. 19 sheets, each 22 x 30.

- Book of reference.

- Ordnance survey sheet.

- Printed summary of bill.

Scales:

- Plan and section: Horizontal 6 chains (132 yards) to 1 inch; Vertical 60 feet to 1 inch.

- Cross sections: Horizontal 5 chains (110 yards) to 1 inch; Vertical 40 feet to 1 inch.

Engineer: Richard Johnson.

Consulting Engineer: John Fowler.

Held by
Cambridgeshire Archives
Language
English
Immediate source of acquisition

Plan deposited 30 November, 1876.

Record URL
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Q/RUm

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Great Northern Railway. Shepreth to March