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RefNoKBLC/2/16/198
AltRefNoR59/31/box103/bundle1
Title"Lynn and Ely, and Ely and Huntingdon Railway Papers, 1845-1846"
DescriptionBundle of papers concerning railway legislation passing through Parliament in 1845 and 1846. Contains a printed copy of the Ely and Huntingdon Railway Act 1845; a copy of the 1847 East Anglian Railways (Extension of Time) Bill; a schedule of lands in Over, Haddenham, Willingham and Ely St Mary affected by proposals to build a railway between Ely and Bedford; schedules of lands in Ely, Littleport, Hilgay, Fordham, Holme and Wiggenhall St Mary affected by proposals to build a railway between [King's] Lynn and Ely; a schedule of lands in Whittlesey affected by proposals to build a railway between Ely, Brandon and Peterborough; schedules of lands in Whittlesey, March, Little Downham, Manea, Wimblington and Doddington affected by proposals to deviate the route of the railway between Ely and Peterborough; a schedule of lands in Willingham and Haddenham affected by the proposal to build a railway line between Ely and Huntingdon; a schedule of lands in Willingham affected by proposals to build the Huntingdon, St Ives, Wisbech and Sutton Railway; claim forms to be filled in by owners and lessess of lands affected by the Lynn and Ely Railway, and the Huntingdon and Ely Railway; notices about lands taken for the Lynn and Ely Railway; the memorial of the Lynn and Ely Railway Company, concerning the placing of piles in the Ten Mile River; the memorial of the Lynn and Ely Railway Company, requesting a diminution of the width of the bridge over the River Wissey; a notice served to the Ely and Lynn Railway Company, concerning the works in the Ten Mile River; a notice served to the Eastern Counties Railway Company, about a hole opened in the south bank of the River Ouse in Fordham; a plan of the lands taken from the Bedford Level Corporation at Hilgay for the Lynn and Ely Railway; a plan showing the small piece of land required near Littleport Station; a plan of the Great Eastern Railway at Littleport, showing the proposed diversion of the ditches; Isambard Kingdom Brunel's report about the Lynn and Ely Railway, the Huntingdon Railway and the Eastern Counties Deviation; Isambard Kingdom Brunel's bill of expenses for viewing the River Wissey; Thomas Archer's bill of expenses incurred serving notices to the solicitors of the Lynn and Ely Railway Company; the expenses for a meeting of the Board held in Cambridge; a conveyance to the Great Eastern Railway Company, of lands in Littleport; copy orders and correspondence.
Date1845 - 1883
CreatorNameBedford Level Corporation
RepositoryCambridgeshire Archives
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