RefNoKHCP/8/7
AltRefNoHCP/8/7
TitleCambridge and Lincoln Railway
DescriptionPassing through parishes: Cambridge St Andrew the Less (alias Barnwell), Chesterton (nr Cambridge), Impington, Histon, Longstanton St Michael, Longstanton All Saints, Swavesey, Fen Drayton (all Cambridgeshire); Fenstanton, Holywell cum Needingworth, St Ives, Woodhurst, Houghton, Oldhurst, Broughton, Wistow, Upwood, Bury, Ramsey, Stanground (all Huntingdonshire); Peterborough [St John the Baptist], Paston, Peakirk, Glinton, Northborough, Maxey (all Northamptonshire); Market Deeping, Langtoft... Lincoln St Mark, Lincoln St Peter at Gowts (Lincolnshire) Engineer: G.W. Buck Acting Engineer: J.W. Bazalgette Historical note: scheme not progressed in parliament ostensibly due to surveying mistakes q.v. R.B. Fellows, Railways to Cambridge, p.13 viz. 'the bill was thrown out on technical grounds, as some errors in levels were discovered in the plans and sections'
Date30 November 1844
CreatorNameHuntingdonshire Clerk of the Peace. Plans of Public Undertakings: Railways
RepositoryHuntingdonshire Archives
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