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TitleWisbech and St.Ives Junction Railway
DescriptionConstruction of a railway from St. Ives to Wisbech, via March, built to convey cattle and corn from the St.Ives markets to Wisbech harbour. Passing through the following parishes: St.Ives, county Huntingdonshire. Fen Drayton, county Cambridgeshire. Fen Stanton, Holywell-cum-Needingworth, Bluntisham-cum-Earith, Colne, Somersham, all in county Huntingdonshire. Chatteris, Doddington, Wimblington, hamlet of March in Doddington, Elm, Wisbech St Peter, Leverington, all county Cambridgeshire. Comprising: Plan and sections 23 sheets, each 20 x 30". Scales: Plan and sections: Horizontal 5 chains (110 yards) to 1 inch. Vertical 50 feet to 1 inch. Cross section of roads: Horizontal 5 chains (110 yards) to 1 inch. Vertical 40 feet to 1 inch. Surveyor C.F.Cheffins. Act 9-10 Victoria, ch. CCCLVI (1846). NB. Line opened May 1847.
Date30 November 1845
CreatorNameCambridgeshire Clerk of the Peace: Plans of Public Undertakings
RepositoryCambridgeshire Archives
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