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Ely and Bury St. Edmunds Light Railway

Catalogue reference: Q/RUm/79

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Q/RUm/79
Title
Ely and Bury St. Edmunds Light Railway
Description

Title Ely and Bury St. Edmunds Light Railway

Description:

1. Construction of a railway commencing in the parish of Ely St. Mary, at Ely Passenger Station and terminating in the parish of Timworth (co. Suffolk) by a junction with the Bury St. Edmunds and Thetford Railway.

2. Construction of a railway to form a junction between the Great Eastern Railway and Railway No. 1 in the parishes of Ely Trinity and St. Mary.

Passing through the following parishes:

1. St. Mary and Holy Trinity, both in Ely, Soham, Fordham, Isleham (all co. Cambridgeshire). Freckenham, Worlington, Barton Mills, Mildenhall, Icklingham All Saints, West Stow, Lackford, (parishes)

- Flempton, Culford, Hengrave, Fornham St. Genevieve, Timworth (all co. Suffolk).

2. St. Mary and Holy Trinity, Ely.

Comprising:

- Plan and sections: 13 sheets, each 22½ x 30.

- Book of reference.

- Printed summary of bill.

- Ordnance survey sheets (2). Scale- 1 inch to 1 mile.

Scales:

- Plan and sections: Horizontal 6 chains (132 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.

Engineers: Arthur C. Pain.

William F. Butler.

Act: 38-9 Victoria, ch. cxcvi. (1875).

Held by
Cambridgeshire Archives
Language
English
Immediate source of acquisition

Plan deposited 30 November, 1874

Record URL
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Ely and Bury St. Edmunds Light Railway