Record

RefNoKHCP/8/15
AltRefNoHCP/8/15
TitleEly and Huntingdon Railway. Branch from St Ives to Wisbech
DescriptionPassing through parishes: St Ives, Holywell-cum-Needingworth, Bluntisham, Colne, Somersham (all Huntingdonshire); Chatteris, Doddington (including hamlet of March), Elm, Wisbech St Peter (all Cambridgeshire) Engineer: I[ohan'. ie. John] S. Valentine of Kings Lynn Full title: an intended railway commencing by a junction with the Ely & Huntingdon Railway at St Ives and terminating by a junction with the Wisbech branch of the Lynn and Ely Railway at Wisbech. Book of reference marked 'no.1' to distinguish from complementary proposal ('no.2') for Extension to Bedford q.v. below Historical note: scheme rejected by House of Commons in favour of Wisbech, St Ives and Cambridge Junction Railway q.v. HCP/8/20 below
Date29 November 1845
CreatorNameHuntingdonshire Clerk of the Peace. Plans of Public Undertakings: Railways
RepositoryHuntingdonshire Archives
Add to My Items