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RefNoKBLC/2/16/139
AltRefNoR59/31/box65/bundle2
Title"Railways Papers, Session 1845"
DescriptionBundle of papers concerning railway legislation passing through Parliament in 1845. Contains "Standing Orders of the House of Lords"; "London and York Railway: Clauses Relating to the Bedford Level Corporation"; Board of Trade reports about extending railway communication in Norfolk and Suffolk, and between London and York; prospectuses for the Cambridge and York Railway and Cambridge and Lincoln Railway"; "Wisbech Railway: List of Notices"; legal brief for the Corporation asking for clauses to be inserted in the Lynn and Ely Railway Bill; the petition of the Corporation against the Lynn and Ely Railway Bill; petitions of the Eau Brink Commissioners and the South Level Drainage Commissioners against the Lynn and Ely Railway Bill; provision for crossing the Wisbech River [River Nene] and Morton's Leam; an agreement with [James Meadows] Rendel and Isambard Kingdom Brunel concerning the Cambridge and Lincoln railway; observations submitted to Mr Brunel; a letter from Mr Brunel to the Registrar; draft clauses; orders; notes and correspondence.
Date1845 - 1846
CreatorNameBedford Level Corporation
RepositoryCambridgeshire Archives
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