Report on the Plans of the Various Railways before the Examiners of the House of Commons, 1864, so far as relates to the Parish of KensingtonBroadbridge, James
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Report on the Plans of the Various Railways before the Examiners of the House of Commons, 1864, so far as relates to the Parish of Kensington
Broadbridge, James
Railroads -- England -- London
Commencing at a junction with the Hammersmith, Paddington, and City
Junction Railway, on the north side of Lancaster Road, by Ladbroke Road,
continuing eastward north of Lancaster Road, across Portobello Lane, to
the Great Western Railway, leaving this Parish at St. Luke’s Road.
This Line will be carried over Portobello Lane by an arch 15 feet high,
span 25 feet.
Line No. 12 on plan.
A Line commencing and continuing on the north side of the Great Western
Railway, on the east side of Kensal Green Lane.
_Charing Cross Western Railway_.
Construction of railways from the Charing Cross Railway at Lambeth, to
the West London Extension Railway at Kensington and to Hammersmith.
Entering this Parish at the Fulham Road by Marlborough Road, proceeding
along Pelham Road, taking the buildings on the north side, crossing Old
Brompton Road, Cromwell Lane, by the north end of Bute Street, Prince
Albert Road, south side of Cromwell Road across Gloucester Road,
north-east end of Earl’s Court Gardens, South Row, North Row, Earl’s
Court Road, land between Earl’s Court Road, and a new private road on
Lord Kensington’s estate in continuation of the Warwick Road, Alma Road,
to west London Extension Railway, thence into the parish of Fulham,
returning into the Parish boundary opposite Portland Place, Kensington
Road.
The rail in no case to be less than 17 feet below surface, and the
various roads intersected to remain at their present levels, excepting
Warwick Road (private), which is to be raised 10 feet.
Railway No. 3 on plan.
A Line in connection with Line No. 1, commencing on the south side of the
Alma Road, crossing the West London Extension Railway into the Parish of
Fulham.
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NOTE.—The Metropolitan Railway, the Metropolitan District Railways, and
the Charing Cross Western Railway are to be executed principally as open
cuttings, in many cases bisecting roads, or traversing them, but in most
cases interfering with the sewers.
_Metropolitan Grand Union Railway_.
Railway No. 1 on plan.
A railway commencing by a junction with the West London Railway in the
Parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington, and terminating by a junction
with the London and Blackwall Railway.
Commencing in this Parish on the West London Railway, north of the
Kensington Station, and diverges southward into the Parish of
Hammersmith, passing through the Hammersmith Road at the rear of Portland
Place, returning into this Parish by Shaftesbury Terrace, Warwick Road,
through Land to Earl’s Court Road, Land at the rear of St. Philip’s
Church, Wright’s Lane, south of Redfield Lane, to Gloucester Road, along
by Gloucester Grove at the north of Old Brompton Road, through Bute
Street, Old Brompton Road, Pelham Road, Fulham Road, into the Parish of
Chelsea by Marlborough Road.
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