Great Eastern Railway Line from River Nene at Benwick to join the line from Ely to...

Title of Act Great Eastern Railway (General Powers) Act.

Description:

1. Construction of a railway line from Benwick to join the line from Ely to Peterborough.

2. Construction of a wharf or quay at the termination of line No. 1 on the bank of the River Nene, at Benwick.

3. Diversion of footpaths at Silvertown Station, in the parish of West Ham, and at Chadwell Heath in the parish of Ilford (both in the co. of Essex.)

4. Additional lands at:-

- (a) Dovercourt Station in the parish of St. Nicholas, Harwich (co. Essex).

- (b) Brightlingsea Station in the co. Essex.

- (c) Wood Street Station, in the parish of St. Mary, Walthamstow (co, Essex).

- (d) Enfield (co. Middlesex).

- (e) Cambridge Station in the parish of St. Andrew the Great, Cambridge.

- (f) Prickwillow, in the parishes of Holy Trinity and St. Mary, Ely (co. Cambridgeshire).

- (g) Lowestoft (co. Suffolk).

5. Lands already acquired at:

- (a) Lowestoft (co. Suffolk)

- (b) Chadwell Heath, in the parish of Ilford (co. Essex).

- (c) Felixstowe, the parish of Walton (co. Suffolk).

- (d) Temple Mills in the parish of Leyton (co. Essex).

- (e) Parish of North Repps (co. Norfolk).

- (f) Parish of Stow Bedon (co. Norfolk).

- (g) Finningham, in the parish of Bacton (co. Suffolk).

- (h) Thorpe Station in the city of Norwich.

- (i) Whittlesey (in the co. of Cambridgeshire).

Passing through the following parishes:

1. Benwick, St. Mary and St. Andrew in Whittlesey, March, in the parish of Doddington (all co. Cambridgeshire).

Comprising:

- Plans and sections: 8 sheets, each 22 x 30.

- Ordnance Survey sheet. Scale: 1 inch to 1 mile.

Scales- Plans:

- 3 chains (66 yards) to 1 inch; Sections and cross sections:

- Horizontal- 3 chains (66 yards) to 1 inch; Vertical- 30 feet to 1 inch.

Engineer:

- John Wilson.

Act:

- 58-59 Victoria, ch. xxvi, 1895

Plan deposited November, 1894. [Not endorsed by the Clerk of the Peace].