Midland Railway by Frederick S. Williams

1875. London area. (p 352)

1875. Manchester and Leeds area. (p 464)

1875. Peak District. (p 400)

1875. Lake District. (p 480)

1875. Nottingham and Leicester area. (p 358)

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The Midland Railway - Its Rise and Progress. A Narrative of Modern Enterprise by Frederick S. Williams.
Published 1875 by Strahan and Co.

INDEX

• Acton and Hammersmith Line, 295, 296.
• Agar Town, 332.
• Aire and Calder Navigation, 46.
• Aire, Valley of the, 452.
• Alarming Incident, 520.
• Alfreton, 432.
• Allport, Mr., 153, 156, 172, 174, 186, 289, 296, 344, 480, 614, 615.
• Amalgamation, Proposals of, 140- 144.
• Amalgamation, Longitudinal, 226.
• Amber, The River, 401.
• Ambergate, 401, 432.
• - Lime Works, 433.
• - Tunnel, 49.
• Ambergate and Rowsley Line, 136, 137, 261.
• “ Amenities ” of Ackworth, 294.
• Ampthill, 370-372.
• - Park, 371.
• Anne, Countess of Pembroke, 515.
• Anker Viaduct, 66.
• Apperley Viaduct, 238,459, 461.
• Appleby, 527-529.
• - Line North of, 530.
• Aquabus, An, 290.
• Armathwaite, 540.
• Arten Gill Viaduct, 503.
• Ashby and Nuneaton Line, 221.
• Ashby-de-la-Zouch, 600.
• Ash well Dale, 413.
• Asphalting, 396.
• Attenborough, 582.
• Audit Committee, 134.

• Bakewell, 407.
• Bardon Hill Incline, 92.
• Barnsley, 177, 450.
• - Canal, 44.
• - Viaduct, 178.
• Baron Wood and Samson’s Cave, 539.
• Barrow-in-Furness, 477.
• Barrow Lime Works, 389.
• Bass, Mr., M.P., 293.
• Bath, 574.
• Battle of Locomotives, A, 137.
• Batty Green, Traditions of, 489.
• Batty Moss Viaduct, 497, 498.
• Batty Wife Town, 490.
• Beacon Hill, 565.
• Beale, Mr. Samuel, M.P., 61, 190.
• Beauchief Abbey and Hall, 443.
• Beaumont Leys, 166.
• Beckett, Sir Edmund, 165, 290, 291, 298.
• Bedford, 374.
• Bedford and Hitchin Line, 601.
• Bedford and Northampton Line, 199, 281.
• Bell, J. Fox, 10, 19.
• Belper, 48, 400.
• Belsize Tunnel, 353-357.
• Ben Rhydding, 457-459.
• Berkeley Castle, 567.
• Birkenhead, Proposed Facilities at, 299.
• Birkett Tunnel, 516.
• Bilborough Cut, 219, 220.
• Binns, Mr. Charles, 39, 40. Bitton, 571, 572.
• Birmingham, 549.
• Birmingham and Derby Railway, 60.
• - Amalgamation, 69, 70.
• - Committee of Investigation, 67.
• Birmingham and Derby Railway, Competition, 68.
• - Curious Episode, 63.
• - Opening of, 66.
• - Progress of Works, 65.
• - Route of, 65.
• Birmingham and Bristol Railways, Amalgamated with Midland, 86.
• Birmingham and Gloucester Railway, 72, 74, 75.
• - Appointment of Joint-Committee, 78.
• - Committee of Inquiry, 80.
• - Money Bill, 79.
• - Opening of, 77.
• - Prospects of the Company, 81.
• Bingley, 465.
• Bishop's Cleeve, 562.
• Black Moss Tunnel, 506.
• - Inside of, 507, 508.
• Blackwell Mill Junction, 163, 164.
• Blea Moor, 489.
• - Tunnel, Sights Inside, 495-497, 499, 500.
• Borrowash, 397.
• Boulder Clay, 487, 488.
• Bradford, 462, 463.
• Brecon and Neath Line, 312-314.
• Bredon Hill, 561.
• Brent Junction, 357.
• - Viaduct, 248.
• Bridge Building, 588, 589.
• Bristol, 85, 574.
• Bristol and Gloucester Railway, 81-84.
• Bromsgrove, 553, 554.
• Bugsworth Viaduct, 223.
• - Landslip at, 419-421.
• Bull Bridge, 50.
• Burton Joyce, 583.
• Burton-on-Trent, 546.
• Bunyan, John, 368, 373.
• Buxton, 414.

• Camden Square Gardens, 175,176.
• Canal Committees, Conferences of, 7.
• Capital Account, 323.
• Carlisle, 215, 542.
• - Proposed Midland line to, 213.
• Carriage Works, Midland, 659, 660.
• Chapel-en-le-Frith Viaduct, 425.
• Charnwood, 392.
• - Forest Canal, 4.
• Chatsworth, 406, 407.
• Chee Vale, 149, 150.
• Cheltenham, 562.
• Cheltenham and Gloucester Tramway, 74.
• Cheshire Companies’ Line to North end of Liverpool, 297, 298.
• Chesterfield, 440.
• Churchyard, Old St. Pancras, 351.
• Clapham, 470.
• Clay Cross, 48, 59.
• - Collieries, 436-439.
• - Tunnel, 436.
• Clay, The London, 353.
• Coalfields of Notts and Leicestershire, 3.
• Coal Rates, 56, 57.
• Coalville, 599.
• Codnor Castle and Park, 430.
• Committee of Consultation, 250- 254.
• Committee of Investigation, 125- 128.
• Compensation, Claims for, 583.
• Competitive Lines proposed in 1871, 274, 275.
• Crackenthorpe, Mr., 532.
• Crich Hill, 401.
• Croome Court, 560.
• Crosby Garrett, 524.
• Chee Vale, 410.
• Cromford, 402, 403.
• - Canal, 2, 50.
• Crowdundle, 533, 534.
• Crow Mills Viaduct, 138.
• Cudworth, 450.
• Culgaith, 535.
• Cumwhinton, 542.

• Dallow Farm, 368.
• Dandry Mire Viaduct, 510.
• Darfield, 449.
• Deep Gill, 514.
• Defford, 561.
• Denison, Mr., Q.C., 229.
• Dent Dale, 504, 505.
• Dent Valley and Viaduct, 501.
• Derby, 398, 545.
• Derby, “ The Inhabitants of,” 61.
• Derbyshire, Beauties of, 413.
• “Destiny” of the Midland Railway, 169.
• Detective Department, 627-633.
• Directors, Midland, 611, 612.
• Disley Line, The, 153.
• Dividends, Midland, 665.
• Dove Holes Tunnel, 192, 415-418.
• Drakelow, 547.
• Droitwich, 555.
• Drilling and Blasting, 522-523.
• Dronfield, 442.
• Duffield, 399.

• Eastwood Coalowners, 1, 3, 6,22, 60.
• Eckington, 448.
• Eden and Eamont Rivers, 535.
• Eden Brow, 542.
• Eden Hall, 536.
• Eden Lacy Viaduct, 537.
• Ellis, Mr. E. S., 324, 325, 543, 610, 611.
• Ellis, Mr. John, 5, 86, 87, 124, 146, 166-168.
• Elstow, 373.
• Enormous Engineering Works, 521.
• Erewash Valley Line, 23, 24, 93.
• Erewash Canal, 427.
• - Extension, 146.
• - Source of the, 1.
• Erewash Valley, The, 2, 426, 427.
• Elvaston Castle, 398.
• Engine Driving, 647-651.
• Engineers, Midland, Civil, 661, 662.
• Engines, New Midland, 657, 658.
• Evesham, 602.
• Express Engine, The, 646-647.
• Extensions, Midland, 102-108, 179.

• Findern, 545.
• Finedon, 380.
• Fleet Sewer, 334.
• Flirtations, 284.
• Flit wick, 370.
• Floods in 1875, 329.
• “ Fly Waggons ” and Coaches, 20.
• Free Passes to attend Meetings, 55, 109, 134.
• Fresh Connections, 121.

• Gauges, Battle of the, 85.
• Garsdale, 508.
• General Manager, 614, 615.
• Geology of Beds, 365, 369-373.
• Geological Formation, Remarkable, 517.
• George Stephenson, 440, 441.
• Ghost Story, A, 452.
• Glacial Period, A Railway in the, 511.
• Glasbury, 605.
• Glasgow and South Western Railway, 224, 225.
• - Proposed Amalgamation with Caledonian, 225.
• Glen Magna, 384.
• Gloucester, 84, 563, 564.
• Glyn, Mr. G. C., 39, 56, 68.
• Goods Department, 633, 634.
• Gorhambury, 360.
• Gordale and Malham Coves, 469.
• Grand Hotel, The Midland, 345.
• - The Cellars and Kitchens, 348.
• - The Clock Tower, 347.
• Grand Hotel, The Midland, The Public Booms, 346.
• - The Refectory and Laundry, 349.
• Great Exhibition Traffic, 133.
• Great Northern, Agreement with the, about Coal Rates, 268, 269.
• - Derbyshire Line, 276-278.
• - Competition with, 129.
• - Company, Proposals of, 174.
• - Railway, 97.
• - Rupture of the Agreement, 271.
• Grimesthorpe, 446, 447.
• Guards, 619.
• Guiseley to Shipley Line, 462.

• Haddon, 405.
• Hathern, 393.
• Hampton, 548.
• Harlington, 369, 370.
• Harpenden, 364.
• Hawes Branch, 509.
• Haworth, 466.
• Hay, 604.
• Heanor, 429.
• Hereford, Hay, and Brecon Line, 304, 307.
• Hereford, Midland Dispute with Great Western, at, 305.
• Helwith, 486.
• Hertfordshire, 359.
• Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire, 173.
• Hinlip Hall, 557.
• Hornby Castle, 472.
• Horses, Cost of, 324.
• Hotels, Midland, 667.
• Houghton Park, 371.
• Hudson, Mr., 96-100,108, 114-117, 124, 132.
• Hutchinson, Mr. W. E., 191, 233-237, 263, 325.

• Ilkeston, 428.
• Ilkley, 459.
• Ingleborough, 470.
• Intake Embankment, 516.
• Irchester, 376.
• Iron Field, South of Nottingham, 577.
• Ise, The River, 380.
• Isham, 380.

• Jessop, Mr., 10-12.
• Jew Clothier, The, 631, 632.

• Keighley, 467.
• Kentish Town, 352.
• Kettering and Manton Line, 593, 594.
• Kettering, The Baptist Mission House, 381.
• Kibworth, 384.
• King's Norton, 550.
• Kirkburton, Proposed Line to, 196.
• Kirkby Stephen, 518.
• Kirkoswald, 538.
• Kirkstall Abbey, 454, 455.
• Kirtley, Mr. Matthew, 286.

• Lancaster, 472.
• Lazonby, 538.
• Lea, The River, 364.
• Leagrave, 368.
• Lea Hurst, 402.
• Leeds, 453, 454.
• Leeds and Bradford, 114-117, 130 133, 136.
• Leeman, Mr., M.P., and Sir Edmund Beckett, 292.
• Leicestershire, 383.
• - Legends in, 388.
• Leicester, Lines in and near, 89.
• - Meetings at, 9, 16.
• - Trade of, 20, 21, 387.
• - Historical Associations of, 386.
• Leicester and Bedford, 113.
• Leicester to Hitchin Line, 138,139, 374, 375.
• Leicester and Swannington Railway 6, 10, 88-90, 91, 92, 597, 599.
• Leicester and Trent Line, Doubling of, 393.
• Leicester Station, West Bridge, 92.
• Lincoln, 585.
• Locomotive Department, 641-646.
• London Traffic, Increase of, 170.
• - Difficulties and Delays of, 171, 172.
• London and North Western, Proposed Amalgamation with, 135.
• - Extension to Buxton, 154.
• London and York Railway, 95.
• London, Proposed Lines to. 111.
• Long Eaton, 427.
• Longwathby, 536.
• Loughborough, 392, 393.
• - Canal, 3, 4.
• Lickey Hills, The, 551.
• - Incline, The, 76.
• - Incline, Locomotives for, 77, 552, 553.
• Liverpool, Cheshire Companies’ Line to, 201-207.
• Luton, 365-367.
• Luton Hoo, 365.

• Mail Train, The, 652-654.
• Mallerstang, Forest of, 513.
• Malvern, 603.
• Manchester, 422.
• - Goods Station at, 422.
• - Central Station at, 423.
• Manchester and Liverpool Line, 424, 425.
• Manchester, Midland Line to, 157.
• - Parliamentary Evidence, 158,159.
• - Opposition of North Western, 160, 161.
• - Opposition of Great Northern, 162.
• Manchester Sheffield and Lincolnshire Company, Dividends of, 186,187.
• Manchester South District Railway, Midland Purchase of, 529.
• Mania, Railway, 95.
• Mangotsfield, 570.
• Mansfield, 580.
• Mansfield and Worksop Line, 193 -195.
• Mansfield Line, 575.
• Manton, 594.
• Manton and Rushton Line, 296.
• Market Harborough, 383.
• Masborough, 447.
• Matlock, 404.
• Melton Mowbray, 594.
• Mereweather, Humorous Speech of Mr., 197.
• Metropolitan Railway, Access of Midland to, 239.
• - Doubling of, 333.
• Midland Counties Railway, Directors of, 18.
• - First Shareholders, 18, 19.
• - First Meeting of, 25.
• - Second Meeting of, 27.
• - Progress of Works, 28.
• - Opening of, 28, 29.
• - Benefits Conferred by, 30.
• - Prospects of, 31.
• - Committee of Investigation, 35, 36.
• - Peace and Amalgamation, 37, 38.
• Midland Railway, Birthplace of the, 8.
• Midland Railway Company, First Meeting of, 70, 71.
• Midland Policy, Defence of, 243- 249.
• Midland Company, Progress of, 266.
• - Position of in 1870, 267.
• Midland Excluded from Lancashire, 156.
• Miller’s Dale, 409, 410.
• Mill Hill, 358.
• Monsal Dale, 148, 408, 409.
• Moorcock, The, 508.
• Morecamhe, 473.
• - Bay, 474.
• Mount Sorrel Castle, 389.
• - Quarries, 390.

• Nailsworth, 566.
• Newark, 584.
• Newbiggin, 531.
• Newspaper Express, The, 478.
• Newstead, 579, 580.
• Newton, Mr., Chairman of North Midland, 56, 58.
• Nibley, 568.
• Night, Running Engines by, 652, 653.
• Normanton, 51, 288, 289, 452.
• North Midland Railway, Increasing Traffic of, 52.
• - Additional Capital Required, 53.
• - New Board of, 58, 59.
• - Choosing the Route, 39, 40, 41.
• - Diminished Expenditure, 53, 54.
• - Committee of Inquiry, 58.
• - Deposit of Plans, 46.
• - Commencement of Works, 47.
• - Progress of Works, 48.
• - Level Summits of, 51.
• - Opening of, 51.
• Northamptonshire, 376.
• - Ironstone, 377.
• Northampton People, Proposals of, 17.
• North Western (The Little), Lease of, 135, 136.
• Nottingham, 30, 120, 583.
• Nottingham and Lincoln Line, 581.
• Nottingham and Melton Line, 587— 593.
• Nottingham Coal Fields, 576.
• Nunnery, The, 540.

• Oakenshaw, 51, 451.
• Oakley, 375.
• Ormside Viaduct, 526.
• Orm and Ormside, 525.
• Otley and Ilkley Branch, 456.

• Peel, Sir Robert, Speech at Tamworth, 62.
• Pendragon Castle, 514.
• Pennegent, 487.
• Permanent Way of Midland Counties Line, 27.
• Pig Tor, 412.
• Pinxton, 2, 431.
• Porters, 617.
• Preference Shares, Uses of, 273.
• Price, Mr. W. P., 191, 263, 264, 275, 285, 316.
• Pytchley Hunt, The, 380, 381.

• Radford and Trowell Line, 219.
• Railway Controversy and Competition, Early, 32, 33, 34, 35.
• Railway Servants, 619.
• Railway Tickets First Used, 77.
• Railways, Benefits of, 663.
• Railways, Increased Cost of Construction of, 323.
• Redditch Line, 601, 602,
• Rennie, George, Report of, 11, 12.
• Report and Accounts, Proposal to Circulate, 55.
• Repton, 545.
• Ribble, The, 486, 502.
• Rolling Stock, 120.
• Rolls and Crabs, 494.
• Rotherham, 447.
• Rowsley, 406.
• Rowsley and Buxton Extension, 146-149.
• Royston, 450.
• Running Shed, The, 655.
• Rushton, 382.
• Rushton to Askerne, Proposed Line, 283.

• St. Albans, 173, 361-364.
• St. Pancras Goods Station, 258, 634-641.
• St. Pancras, Historical Associations, 331.
• St. Pancras Station, Underground, 334, 335.
• - Cellars of, 336.
• - The Roof, 336, 337.
• - Roof, Strength of the, 339, 342.
• - Roof, Rearing the, 340.
• - Roof, the Travelling Scaffold of the, 341.
• - Colouring of the Roof, 344.
• - The Foundation, 338.
• - Magnitude of the Works, 343.
• St. Pancras, Who was, 331.
• Saltaire, 464.
• Sandal Castle, 451.
• Sandiacre, 428.
• Sawley, 396.
• - Bridge, 265.
• Saxby Bridge, Battle of, 94.
• Scott, Mr. Hope, Q.C., 227.
• Scotland, Routes to, 208, 209.
• Scotland, Claim of Midland Company to Share Traffic to, 211, 212.
• Second Class, Abolition of, 316,322.
• Secretary, The, 613.
• Seiside, 488.
• Settle, 482-484.
• Settle and Carlisle Railway, Difficulties of the Country, 479,480.
• - Commencement of, 218,492, 494.
• - Abandonment Bill, 255.
• - Abandonment Bill Rejected, 256.
• - Opened for Goods, 322.
• Sharland, Mr., 481, 491.
• Shareholders, The Midland, 607.
• - Meetings, 607-610.
• Sharnbrook, 376.
• Sheepbridge, 441.
• Sheriff Brow Bridge, 485.
• Sheffield (Direct) Line Opened, 259, 260.
• Sheffield, 180, 181, 444, 445.
• Sheffield and Rotherham Railway, 445, 446.
• Sheffield, Town’s Meeting at, 182.
• Sheffield, Extraordinary Change of Opinion of, 184.
• Sheffield, Chesterfield, and Staffordshire Company, 185.
• Skipton, 468.
• Smardale Viaduct, 518, 520.
• Soar Bridge, Barrow-on-Soar, 391.
• Soar Navigation, 3.
• Solicitors, Midland, 663.
• Somerset and Dorset Railway, 326, 329.
• Somerset and Dorset Railway, Amalgamation with Midland and South Western, 328, 329.
• Sopwell Nunnery, 361.
• South Midland Scheme, 112. Southwell, 585.
• South Wales, Railways in, 302.
• South Wales, Midland Company’s Access to, 303.
• South Western Junction, 274.
• Spondon, 26, 397.
• Stamford, 596.
• Staveley, 448.
• Stephenson, George, 5, 39, 40, 60, 101, 122.
• Stephenson, Robert, 5, 54.
• Stone Bridge Junction, The, 64.
• Stonehouse, 565.
• Storm, Mutterings of, 123.
• Sturge, Mr. Charles, 73, 77.
• Subscribers, Eirst, to Midland Counties Railway, 9.
• “Sun,” The, Bastwood, 1, 6, 8, 9.
• Superintendent, The, 616-620.
• Swansea, 328.
• Swansea Vale Railway, 309, 310, 311.
• Swanwick, Mr. Frederick, 42, 43, 44, 45.
• Swinton and Knottingley Line, 287. Bill Passed, 295.
• Syston and Peterborough Line, 94, 594-597.

• Telegraphs, supposed Government Purchase of, 262.
• Tewkesbury, 76.
• Thackley Hill, Remarkable Incident at, 461.
• The Five Millions Bill, 240-242.
• The Society of Friends, 73.
• Third Class by all Trains, 279, 280.
• Thompson, Mr. M. W., 198.
• Thornbury, 569.
• “Three Companies’ Agreement,” 155.
• Through Lines, Advantages of, 314.
• Tickets, Metal Railway, 90.
• Tickets, Railway, 621-627.
• Tickets, Return, 671.
• Topley Pike, 411.
• Tottenham and Hampstead Line, 200, 201.
• Trent Bridge, The New, 587-589.
• - Weir, 394.
• - Bridge, 15, 394.
• - Station, 165, 395, 396.
• - Cofferdam of, 28.
• Treeton, 4, 49.
• “ Triple Agreement,” 156.
• Tunnel Making, 506, 507.
• Tunnel, “ Red Hill,” 15.

• Unstone, 260, 442.

• Venables, Mr., Q.C., 230, 232, 291, 294.
• Viaducts, Construction of, 504.
• Vignoles, Charles B., 14, 25, 41, 42.

• Waggons, Private Ownership of, 325.
• Wakefield, 451.
• Walton Park, 451.
• - Viaduct, 66.
• Wanluds Bank, 369.
• Waterton, Charles, 43, 44, 45.
• Wath-upon-Dearne, 4, 49.
• Watkin, Sir Edward, 157, 275.
• Way Bills and Whistles, 91.
• Wellingborough, 145, 378, 379.
• Westmorland, 512.
• Weston-on-Avon, 573.
• Westwood Park, 556.
• Wharton Hall, 517.
• Whiston, the Crave of, 596.
• Wickwar, 569.
• Wigan, Proposed Line to, 300, 301.
• Wigston, 385.
• Windermere, 476.
• Wing, 595.
• Wingerworth, 439.
• Wingfield, 48.
• - Manor House, 434, 435.
• Wollaton Hall, 579.
• Worcester, 131, 559.
• Worcester and Birmingham Canal, 558.
• Working Expenses, Enormous Increase of, 285.
• Worksop Line, 581.
• Worth Valley Line, 254, 466.
• Wye, The River, 411.

• Yorkshire, 444.

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