184 ON RIGHT FROM LOND. LXXVII. LONDON TO WESTBURY, BY RAILWAY, 109 Miles. Corsham House, Lord Methuen. Monk's Park. Neston Park, J. B. Ful ler, Esq. Shaw House. Atworth, 8 miles. Broughton Gifford, Great Chalfield. LXXVIII. DOver and fOLKESTONE TO READING AND BRISTOL, BY RAILWAY, 195) Miles. ON RIGHT FROM DOVER. 186 DOVER AND FOLKESTONE TO READING AND BRISTOL Continued. From Bristol. ON RIGHT FROM LOND. 7 m. distant, Strathfieldsaye, Duke of Wellington LXXIX. LONDON TO OXFORD, BY RAILWAY, 63 Miles. Long Wittenham. Appleford. Leave G. W. R. main line of Town of Abingdon, 2 miles (pp. 100, 160). Radley House, Sir G. Sunningwell, 2 miles. 3 miles distant is the village of Cumnor, rendered classic ground by the genius of Scott. In a field adjoining the churchyard some remains of the ancient manor-house of 63 Cumnor Hall are still vi sible, but most of the ruins, which were in a dangerous state, were pulled down in 1810. Oxford will become an important centre of railway communication by the completion of the various lines in connection with it, now in progress, and partly opened, of which the two most important are the Oxford and Rugby, and the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton. The Oxford and Rugby line will run through the valley of the Cherwell, by Banbury, and, entering Warwickshire, pass near Southam, and join the London and North Western Railway at Rugby; thus opening a communication with the midland and northern districts. The Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway will extend from Oxford in a general north-westerly direction as far as Worcester, passing a short distance to the west of Woodstock, and by Moreton-in-the Marsh, Chipping-Campden, and Evesham; from Worcester its course is chiefly northward by Droitwich (where a branch is intended to connect it with the line of the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway), Kidderminster, Stourbridge, and Dudley, to Wolverhampton, near which town it will join the northern section of the London and North-western line. Large portions of both these lines are open for traffic, and the others are in active progress. Acts of Parliament have also been obtained for the construction of lines to unite Oxford with Bletchley (on the London and Northwestern Railway) on the one side, and with Cheltenham on the other. The former is completed and open for traffic. LXXXI. LONDON TO BIRMINGHAM BY OXFORD, WOODSTOCK, AND |