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Plan of Leicester & Hitchin Railway 60 miles to the end (approximately) Parishes: Ickleford (Hertfordshire), Holwell (Bedfordshire) and Hitchin (Hertfordshire) Exact distance: 59 miles 50 chains to 62 miles 17 chains

1852

From: 1852 To: 1852

Showing the crossing of the county boundary at 60 miles 19 chains and 60 miles 41 chains. Also land acquired for sidings at Hitchin and the Great Northern Railway main line (opened 1850) Note also that Hitchin station was resurveyed in Mar 1855 John and Joshua Ransom belonged to a well known Quaker family (see also letters under RR) Landowners: Reverend William Norval; F P D Radcliffe; Honorable F D Ryder; John Day; William Primmett; Elizabeth Hailey (bought from W Wilshere); Mary Rowley; Joshua Ransom; Reverend R Stevens DD; William Wilshere; R S Norman; R Newton and others; C W Wilshere; H M The Queen; F F Lovell; John Ransom

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Great Northern Railway Company,
Norval, William,
Radcliffe, Frederick Peter Delme,
Ryder, F.D.,
Day, John,
Primmett, William,
Hailey, Elizabeth,
Rowley, Mary,
Ransom, Joshua,
Stevens, R,
Wilshere, William,
Norman, R.S.,
Newton, R.,
Wilshere, C W,
Queen Victoria,
Lovell, F F,
Ransom, John

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