Description | Proposed Railway from Oxford to Cambridge, splitting into 4 branches in the parish of Trumpington, (county Cambridgeshire) One branch joining the Eastern Counties Railway Line, one branch to Coe Fen, one branch terminating near Mill Lane, Cambridge and one branch terminating near King's Mill, Cambridge. Passing through the following parishes: St. Mary the Less and St Andrew the Less, both in Cambridge. Trumpington, Grantchester, Haslingfield, Hauxton (extra parochial lands), Harston, Barrington, Foxton, Shepreth, Meldreth, Melbourn, Bassingbourn, Hamlet of Kneesworth (parish of Bassingbourn), Litlington, Steeple Morden, Guilden Morden, all in the county Cambridgeshire. Ashwell, Bygrave, Baldock, Norton, Willian, Letchworth, hamlet of Leagrave and Limbury cum Biscott, both of the parish of Luton, Coddington, Houghton Regis, Dunstable, Totternhoe, Eaton Bray, all in the county of Bedfordshire. Hamlet of Northall, in the parish of Eldesborough, Ivinghoe, Horton Hamlet in the parish of Slapton, Cheddington, hamlet of Crafton in the parish of Wing, all in county Buckinghamshire. Tring, hamlet of Long Marston in the parish of Tring, in the county of Hertfordshire. Hulcott, Bierton with Broughton, Aylesbury, Stone Dinton, Cuddington, Haddenham, Long Crendon, Shabbington, hamlet of Weston in the parish of Thame, Ickford, Worminghall, all in the county of Buckinghamshire. Waterperry, Holton, Forest Hill, Headington, Marston, parish of St Giles in Oxford, county Oxfordshire. Comprising: Plans and sections 48 sheets 20.5" x 28". Scales: Plans 6" chains (132 yards) to 1 inch. Cross sections of roads: Vertical 40 feet to 1 inch. Horizontal 5 chains (110 yards) to 1 inch. Sections: Horizontal 6 chains (132 yards) to 1 inch. Vertical 60 feet to 1inch. Engineer Joseph Locke. Surveyor J. Bailey Denton. |