Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY

LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY, a railway system from London southward to Brighton, and to places east and west of the main line, and along the coast. It was originally an amalgamation, in 1846, of the Croydon and the Brighton; it now includes also, by amalgamation or otherwise, the Banstead and Epsom-Downs, the Bognor, the Uckfield and Tunbridge-Wells, the Horsham and Guildford Direct, the Mid-Sussex and Midhurst Junction, the West End of London and Crystal Palace, the Mid-Sussex, the Lewes and Uckfield, the East Grimstead, the St. Leonards, and the Surrey and Sussex Junction; and it has a joint interest in the West London Extension, the Tooting, Merton, Wimbledon, and the Victoria Station. The company was authorized, in 1858, to construct a line of 17¼ miles between Shoreham and Henfield, opened in 1861; in 1 860, to make some alterations in its coast lines, and in the West End and Crystal Palace line, and to construct a line of fully 5 miles from Croydon to BalhamHill; in 1862, to construct lines of 5½ miles in Surrey and Sussex, including a junction at Brixton with the Chatham and Dover, to enlarge the stations at London bridge and Bricklayers' Arms, and to own and work steam-vessels; in 1863, to construct a line of 5 miles from Dorking to Leatherhead, lines of 4½ miles in Camberwell and Lambeth, a new line of 2½ miles at Croydon, and lines of 14¼ miles in connexion with the South London and other lines; and in 1864, to run steam-vessels to France and the Channel islands, and to construct lines of 20 miles from the Ouse viaduct to Uckfield and Hailsham, lines of 15¾ miles between Tunbridge-Wells and Eastbourne, lines of 4¾ miles in and near Battersea, several short lines of aggregately 7¾ miles in Surrey and Sussex, and a short line and a station at Kemptown. The receipts on capital account, at 30 June 1865, amounted to £13,874,164.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a railway system"   (ADL Feature Type: "railroad features")
Administrative units: London AncC

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