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Plan of Leicester & Hitchin Railway 43 to 45 miles (approximately) Parishes: Oakley, Bromham, Biddenham, Bedford St Paul Exact distance: 42 miles 58 chains to 46 miles 2 chains

1852

From: 1852 To: 1852

This plan shows the land required for Oakley station, the bridge over the Oakley-Clapham road, the viaduct over the river Great Ouse (43 miles 65 chains to 43 miles 72 chains), the bridge (now of lattice girder) over the Great Ouse near Low Farm, the bridge over the line north of the station (Bromham Road bridge) and stops just short of Bedford Station One point of interest is the moat shown round the Moat House (1852). In later years the moat was dry and the pretty thatched house belonging to Mrs Wynn-Williams was destroyed by fire on 5 Nov 1964, perhaps deliberately Landowners: Duke of Bedford; Reverend J J Goodall; Eton College; Viscount Sydney; George Fitzroy; Thomas Beckett; J B Trapp; Robert Elliott and others

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Wynn-Williams, Margaret,
Duke of Bedford,
Goodall, J J,
Eton College,
Townshend, John Robert (3rd Viscount Sydney),
Fitzroy, George,
Beckett, Thomas,
Trapp, J.B.,
Elliott, Robert

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