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Guildford via Cobham the origins and impact of a country railway

By: Language: English Publication details: Claygate Howard Mallinson 2006Description: vii, 278p. 25cmISBN:
  • 0954393422
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • 692.509 $2 18
Partial contents:
The main line, 1838 -- The early railways of Guildford, Leatherhead and Kingston -- The influence of London -- Agriculture in depression -- Railway problems -- Cobham's fight for a railway -- The alliance against the LSWR monopoly emerges -- Two competing schemes -- Cobham or Stoke D'Abernon and other skirmishes -- The select committee of May 1881 -- The new line is born of a compromise -- The new line comes to life -- Changes in the early 20th century -- Electrification and country homes at London's door -- The 1930s housing boom -- The post war years
Summary: Discusses how the railway line came to be built and the impact the railway had on the station settlements along the line. Discusses how electrification affected the railway line.
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Book London Books 692.509 MAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 30073647

The main line, 1838 -- The early railways of Guildford, Leatherhead and Kingston -- The influence of London -- Agriculture in depression -- Railway problems -- Cobham's fight for a railway -- The alliance against the LSWR monopoly emerges -- Two competing schemes -- Cobham or Stoke D'Abernon and other skirmishes -- The select committee of May 1881 -- The new line is born of a compromise -- The new line comes to life -- Changes in the early 20th century -- Electrification and country homes at London's door -- The 1930s housing boom -- The post war years

Discusses how the railway line came to be built and the impact the railway had on the station settlements along the line. Discusses how electrification affected the railway line.