CLXII. LONDON TO HULL, THROUGH CAMBRIDGE, ELY, PETERBOROUGH,

AND BOSTON, BY RAILWAY, 2004 Miles.

From Bishopsgate St.,

London, to

1999 Mile End St. Stepney. Bow Common.

l cr. Regent's Canal. Branch to Blackwall 1981 Victoria Park and Railwar.

Bow St.
Cross line of E. and W.

India Docks and North
Bow is said to have de-
rived its vame from its

Western Railway Juncold bridge, of one arch or

tion. bow. Between Bow and Stratford was an ancient |

cr. river Lea, and bridge over the Lea, said

enter Essex. to have been built by order of Matilda, queen of Henry I. Bromley.

Victoria Park, an extensive space, recently purchased by government, and enclosed for the recreation of the inhabitants of the eastern parts of the metropolis.

ON RIGHT PROM LOND.

From
Hull.

From
London.

ON LEFT FROY LOND.

1681 BISHOP STORTFORD 327 Hadham.

(see p. 463). Pop. 1851, 5280. Birchanger. Stanstead Mountfichet,

Re-enter Esses. which has an old church, and the slight remains of 1651 Stanstead St. 353 Farnham. an ancient castle, built in the time of William I.

Manewden, 2 miles. Standstead Hall, and beyond Easton Park, 1637 Elsenham St.

37} Viscount Maynard. Henham on the Hill.

Ugley, 1 m. Widdington.

159 Debden Hall

Quendon Hall.

Newport St. 414 Shortgrove Hall.

Wendens Ambo. Audley End, the noble 157 AUDLEY END $t. 431 seat of Lord Braybrooke,

Great Chesterford is contains some good pic

the site of a Roman sta. tures, and has an exten- Enter Cambridgeshire. tion:-at the adjacent sive aviary.

village of Ickleton, exLittlebury.

tensive Roman remains Little Chesterford. 1531

have been found. CHESTERFORD St. 471 To Linton, 5 miles, a

Ickleton. small market town.

Enter valley of river Cam

or Granta, one of the feeders Hinston. Branch Railway to of which the line crosses se- Duxford. Newmarket, 18 miles.

veral times.

1498 Whittlesford St. 51 Pampisford.

Whittlesford Hall. Sawston.

1467
Shelford St.

Great Shelford House. 541

Little Shelford. Stapleford.

Trumpington; and beGog Magog Hills,

yond, Grantchester. In Lord Godolphin.

the distance, Madingley Cherry Hinton, 1. m. 1437 Cambridge Junction St. 574 Hall, Sir St. Vincent Branch to Newmarket,

(see p. 433.)

Cotton, Bart. Fen Ditton.

Branch to St Ives and

cr. river Cam, and Horningsea.

Huntingdon, 191 miles continue along its valley.

Chesterton.
Milton.

Milton Hall
1377 Waterbeach St. 63

Cottenbam, 3} miles, Proceed through the dis- gave the title of Earl to

the late Lord Chancellor trict of the Fens.

Cottenham Barraway.

cr. river Ouse.

Stretham
Stuntney.

Thetford.
Leave main line to 1281 Ely, Peterborough, and 727
Norwich (see p. 485.)

Lynn Junction st. That part of Cam

bridgeshire which lies Wood House.

(See p. 456.)

to the north of the Ouse 1254 Chittisham St. 75 is called the Isle of Ely,

and has a separate jurisScr. Old and New

diction. It forms a part Bedford rivers,

of the great Fen district. two artificial channels, cut in order to give a better outfall to the waters of the Ouse, by avoiding its circutous lawrse

ON RIGHT FROM LOND.

| From

Hull.

From
London

ON LEFT FRON LOND.

MANEA St.

S cr. old riv. Nen. Branch to Wisbeach, 1137) MARCH JUNCTION St. 873| Branch from St Ives 9 miles The great level of the

March is a small market- "joins here, 184 miles. Fens, through which this

town, with some trade in part of the line runs, is coals, timber, and corn. Pop

this district has been commonly called the 1851, 4171. See also p. 469.

maintained to the preBedford Level, from the 1

Eastrea St. 95

sent day. Notwithstandcircunstance of the 4th

Jing, however, the past Earl of Bedford having | cr. Whittlesea

expense which has been formed a company for

Dyke.

incurred, the work is its drainage in the time

still imperfect. But of Charles I. The at

Whittlesea St. 961 great improvement has tempt was renewed dur

(see p. 458).

taken place within the ing the reign of Charles

last few years, and steen II., by whom a charter Akcr. King's Dyke.

engines are now used for was granted (in 1664) to

PETERBOROUGH.

the purpose of raising an incorporated com

the water into the nepany, under the control

Thence to

merous artificial cuts by and management of New Holland (HULL),

which it is carried off to which the draining of

as in p. 448.

the sea

CLXIII. HULL TO BRIDLINGTON AND SCARBOROUGH, BY RAILWAY, 531 Mies.

ON RIGHT FROM HULL.

From
Scarbor.

ON LEFT FROM HULL

| From

Hull.

491

From Hull to Newland.

Leave Hull and Selby Hull Bank, 14 mile.

Cottingham St. line. Cottingham Parks.

Cottingham Castle. Beverley Parks.

Risby Hall, 2 miles Woodmansey. 451 BEVERLEY (p. 422). 87

Molescroft. Hornsea, 12 miles

Leckonfield. distant, a small town on

Scorbrongh. the coast, on the west side of which is a lake

Lockington St. 13 called Hornsea Mere,

Dalton Hall, Lord Honearly440 acres in extent

tham, 5 m. Watton Abbey, 377| Hutton Cranswick St. 161

Beswick.

Watton; near it,

Kilnwick Hall.
Skerne.
As cr. small feeder of

Neswick Hall, 3 miles.
River Hull.

Sunderlandwick Hal. 4 miles north of Drif-| 34 | GREAT DRIFFIELD 1911 field are some tumuli

(p. 420).

Sledmere Castle, Sir called the Danes' Graves.

The line runs along the Tatton Sykes, Bart., 7) base of the York Wolds, on

m.
the high grounds of which
are numerous remains of an-
tiquity, both of Roman and
Saxon times.

Pockthorpe Hall, 3 m Foston.

Nafferton St.

| 21+

Lowthorpe Hall. Great Kelk.

Lowthorpe St.

Ruston Parya.
Harpham,

ON BIGHT FROM HULL.

Prom
Scarbor.

From
Hall.

ON LEIT YBOM HULL.

341

28 Burton Agnes St.

251 Burton Agnes Hall, Sir Fraisthorpe.

H. Boynton, Bart.

Thornholm. 25 Carnaby St. 28;

Haisthorpe. The Sea.

Bessingby. 221 BRIDLINGTON (pp. 420 301 Boynton Hall

, Sir G. Sewerby House.

and 427). Marton Hall,

Strickland, Bart. 31 m. R. Creyke, Esq.

207 Marton St. 337) Rudstone, 6 miles; and, Flamborough, 2 miles

near it, Thorpe Hall,

Lord Macdonald (see pp. 420 and 427). Across the

peninsula 19 Bempton St. which terminates in

The line here runs parallel Flamboro' Head is an to the coast, at a distance of ancient work called the about a mile. Danes' Dyke. 161 Speeton St.

373 Buckton.

Burton Fleming, 3 m. Reighton. 12 Hunmanby St.

411 Filey Bay.

Muston. 91

FILEY St. 72 Gristhorps St. 467 Flotmanby, 1 mile.

Folkton, ij mile. Lebberston.

51

Cayton St. 48
3 Seamer Junction St. 501

Junction of line from

York and Malton. Osgodhy, 1} mile.

SCARBOROUGH

Falsgrave, and in the Oliver's Mount, with

(p. 423).

distance, Hackness Hall tumuli.

Sir J. V. B. Johnstone,
Bart.

531

CLXIV. YORK TO SCARBOROUGH, BY RAILWAY, 424 Miles.

From York Line to Market

Clifton. Weighton, by Pocklington, 28 miles

to West and East Huntington. Earswick.

Haxby St. 5 Towthorpe.

cr. river Foss. 351

Strensall St. 7 Lillings-Ambo. 323 Flaxton St.

Thornton-le-Clay.