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Plan of Leicester & Hitchin Railway 54 to 57 miles (approximately) Parishes: Southill, Shefford, Campton, Meppershall Exact distance: 53 miles 10 chains to 57 miles 38 chains

1852

From: 1852 To: 1852

Showing the straightening of the Warden-Southill road, land to be acquired for Southill station (an obelisk was placed here in 1864 to the memory of William Henry Whitbread who had been a great promoter of railways), the deep cutting necessary at Ireland, bridge over the road before Shefford, Shefford station, the property of Isabella Inskip to be demolished to make way for the brick arch carrying the line over the road. Also the bridge over the road near Henlow Landowners: William Henry Whitbread; Isabella Inskip; Hampden Inskip; Frances Williamson and others; John Squire; Sir George Osborne; Philip Lincoln; Reverend Ch U Barry; representatives of William Eve, deceased; Christ's Hospital, London

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Whitbread, William Henry,
Inskip, Isabella,
Inskip, Hampden,
Williamson, Frances,
Squire, John,
Osborne, George,
Lincoln, Philip,
Barry, C U,
Eve, William

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