Archive items in 1880

East Coast Railways- Express and Main Line Route 1888

The maps (leaflets) below show the route taken between Edinburgh and London since 1888. The train that took this route…

River Ouse from Scarborough Railway Bridge (1880s)

Commuters from Selby, Riccall, Escrick and Naburn would have seen this view each day on their way to and from…

Selby Station

              Photos from Selby: The Industrial Past – Roland Chilvers and Selby: The Past…

The Selby Toll Bridge

1790: An Act was presented to Parliament to construct a bridge linking Selby and Barlby. The Act passed through Parliament…

Haddlesey-Selby Canal and the ‘Lazy Cut’

In June 1774, the Aire & Calder Company secured an Act allowing them to construct a navigable canal from Haddlesey…

The Selby Swing Bridge

The bridge was built by the York-based Nelson & Company, after the company was granted the necessary contract in 1888.…

Mill-Gate Mills, Selby

    There was a decree mandating that all inhabitants of Selby must grind the corn, grain and malt to…

Map of Escrick 1889-90

      Copyright: The Francis Firth Collection.

The Railway Races

The steam train was for many years the fastest method of surface transport, but there were constraints on the exploitation…

Map of Riccall – 1889

  Copyright: The Francis Firth Collection.

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