Information for record number MWA7563:
London-Birmingham Railway

Summary The London to Birmingham Railway, constucted during the Imperial period. It was merged into the LNWR in 1846.
What Is It?  
Type: Railway
Period: Modern (1838 AD - 2050 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Brandon and Bretford
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 49 76
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 Railway from London-Birmingham, built under powers granted by Act of May 6th 1833, surveys of the route having begun in 1829. Opened from Rugby to Birmingham on April 9th 1838 and from London to Birmingham on Sept 17th 1838. Merged into LNWR from Jan 1 1846.
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3 "The London and Birmingham Main Line was authorised in 1833 with Robert Stephenson as the engineer. The route took it North of London through the Tring Gap via Watford and Harrow. The line was completed in 1838. There are many major engineering works, notably the tunnels and embankments. The first section of line was the Euston - Boxmoor section on 20-June-1837. Boxmoor - Denbigh Hill and Rugby - Birmingham opened on 09-April-1838, and the final section opened on 17-September-1838. Doubling proceeded from 1859 and a New Watford tunnel was opened in 1874."
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Railways of the West Midlands
Author/originator: Clinker, C
Date: 1954
Page Number: 9-11
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Regional History of Railways of Great Britain Vol 9 - The East Midlands
Author/originator: R. Leleux
Date: 1976
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Digital Data
Title: Data imported from the NRHE to HERs Project
Author/originator: Historic England
Date: 2016
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period Modern The Modern Period, about 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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period Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
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period modern About 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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monument TUNNEL * An underground channel with a vaulted roof. Use specific type where known. back
monument EMBANKMENT * A long ridge of earth, rocks or gravel primarily constructed to carry a roadway. back
monument ENGINEERING WORKS * Any factory or site using machine tools in a manufacturing or processing capacity. back
monument RAILWAY * A line or track consisting of iron or steel rails, on which passenger carriages or goods wagons are moved, usually by a locomotive engine. back

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