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041 0 _aeng
050 0 4 _a692.509 $2 18
100 1 _aMallinson, Howard
245 0 0 _aGuildford via Cobham
_bthe origins and impact of a country railway
260 _aClaygate
_bHoward Mallinson
_c2006
300 _avii, 278p.
_c25cm.
350 _a25
505 2 _aThe 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
520 _aDiscusses 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.
590 _aKA
651 _aSURREY
690 _aPROPERTY-INFRASTRUCTURE-TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE-RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE
942 _n0
999 _c106432
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