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Ely and Bury St. Edmunds Railway

Catalogue reference: Q/RUm/66

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Q/RUm/66
Title
Ely and Bury St. Edmunds Railway
Description

Title Ely and Bury St. Edmunds Railway.

Description:

- Railway commencing in Ely (intermixed parishes of Holy Trinity and St. Mary) by a junction with the Great Eastern Railway line and terminating in the parish of Gazeley (co. Suffolk) by a junction with the railway from Newmarket to Bury St. Edmunds (G.E.R.), ¼ mile West of Higham Station.

Passing through the following parishes:

- Ely, Holy Trinity and St. Mary, Soham, Fordham, Isleham (all co. Cambridgeshire).

- Freckenham, Worlington, Barton, Tuddenham, Herringswell, Gazeley, (all co. Suffolk).

Comprising:

- Plans and sections, 10 sheets, each 23 x 30

- Book of reference

- Printed summary of bill

- Ordnance survey sheet, scale 1 inch to 1 mile

Scales:

- Plans 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: Lucas and Wilkinson.

Held by
Cambridgeshire Archives
Language
English
Immediate source of acquisition

Plan deposited 30 November, 1869.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/dd49b01b-8b21-4df1-aa46-57b82bca33a8/

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Q/RUm

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Ely and Bury St. Edmunds Railway