| Description | Passing through parishes: St Ives (Huntingdonshire), Fen Drayton (Cambridgeshire), Fenstanton, Holywell-cum-Needingworth, Bluntisham-cum-Earith, Colne, Somersham (all Huntingdonshire), Chatteris, Doddington, Wimblington, hamlet of March in Doddington, Elm, Wisbech St Peter, Leverington (all Cambridgeshire). Engineer: [not stated] Surveyor: C.F. Cheffins Described on plans and sections as 'St Ives and Wisbech Railway' Historical note: act obtained for St Ives-March-Wisbech July 1846 (9 & 10 Vict. cap. ccclvi) Line opened Wisbech-March May 1847, March-St Ives February 1848 (Mitchell et al., Branch Lines around March) Related material: book of reference and plans & sections at CRO Q/RUm19 |