'Pre-locomotive railways of Leicestershire and South Derbyshire' in A K B Evans & J V Gough (eds), The Impact of the Railway on Society in Britain. Essays in honour of Jack Simmons

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Author(s) Palmer, Marilyn, & Peter Neaverson
Publication type Chapter
Year published 2003
Pages pp11-31
Publisher Ashgate Publishing
Place Published Aldershot

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County Greater London
Country England
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Reviews the history of animal drawn waggonways / tramways drawing on recently published works and recent archaeological evidence 'to place the local pre-locomotive railways in a wider [ie not local] perspective'. Has sections: 'Railways of the Charnwood Forest Canal' [pp14-7]; 'Railways of the Ashby de la Zouch Canal' - 'Limestone railways' / 'Colliery railways' [pp18-27]; 'Belvoir Castle Railway' [pp28]; 'Leicester & Swannington Railway' [pp29-30]