Archive items in 1840

Bishopthorpe Proposed Route 1846

This item was located in the Bishopthorpe archive and at the moment we know little of its context or origin.…

Statement of Account – Middle-Level Drainage Bill (1844)

Statement of Account from H.H. Fulton to Sir John Rennie regarding Middle-Level Draining Bill, 1844 – this is an account…

Selby Bascule Bridge

Photo attached of the first railway bridge at Selby.  It’s a bascule bridge and was built in 1840 when Selby…

Selby to Kingston Upon Hull Railway

  Until 1840 the railway line from Leeds terminated at Selby. Prior to the railway’s construction, the only way to…

Kings Cross London to York Journey Time

The effect that the opening of the new line had on the reduction in travel time from London to York…

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