Drake's Road Book of the Grand Junction Railway

About this eBook

Author

Drake, James, active 1825

Title

Drake's Road Book of the Grand Junction Railway from Birmingham to Liverpool and Manchester

Credits

This ebook was transcribed by Les Bowler

Language

English

LoC Class

HE: Social sciences: Transportation and communications

Subject

Railroad travel -- Great Britain -- Guidebooks

Category

Text

eBook-No.

43367

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43367

Release Date

July 31, 2013

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.DRAKE’S ROAD BOOK OF THE GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY
2. 2.ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SECOND EDITION.
3. 3.SONNET BY WORDSWORTH, ON STEAM BOATS, VIADUCTS, AND RAILWAYS.
4. 4.CHAPTER I. BIRMINGHAM.
5. 5.CHAPTER II. ROUTE. BIRMINGHAM TO WOLVERHAMPTON, Fourteen Miles. — BIRMINGHAM AND VAUXHALL STATION. — Perry Barr Station. — Newton Road Station. — Bescot Bridge Station. — James’s Bridge Station. — Willenhall Station. — WOLVERHAMPTON STATION.
6. 6.CHAPTER III. WOLVERHAMPTON TO STAFFORD, Fifteen Miles. — Four Ashes Station. — Spread Eagle Station. — Penkridge Station. — STAFFORD STATION.
7. 7.CHAPTER IV. STAFFORD TO WHITMORE, Fourteen Miles. — Bridgeford Station. — Norton Bridge Station. — WHITMORE STATION.
8. 8.CHAPTER V. WHITMORE TO CREWE, Ten and ¾ Miles. — Madeley Station. — Basford Station. — CREWE STATION.
9. 9.CHAPTER VI. CREWE TO HARTFORD, Eleven and ¾ Miles. — Coppenhall Station. — Minshull Vernon Station. — Winsford Station. — HARTFORD STATION.
10. 10.CHAPTER VII. HARTFORD TO WARRINGTON, Twelve and ¼ Miles. — Acton Station. — Preston Brook Station. — Moore Station. — WARRINGTON STATION.
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. WARRINGTON TO NEWTON JUNCTION, Four and ¾ Miles. — Winwick Station,
12. 12.CHAPTER IX. NEWTON JUNCTION TO LIVERPOOL. Fourteen and ¾ Miles. — Collin’s Green Station — St. Helen’s and Runcorn Junction Station. — Lea Green Station, (top of Sutton incline,) — Kendrick’s Cross Station, Rainhill. — Huyton Gate and Roby-lane Gate Stations — Broad Green Station.
13. 13.CHAPTER X. LIVERPOOL.
14. 14.CHAPTER XI. NEWTON JUNCTION TO MANCHESTER, Fourteen and ¾ Miles. — Park Side Station. — The Bolton Junction Station. — Bury-Lane Station — Patricroft Station; — Waste Lane Station — Cross Lane Bridge Station
15. 15.CHAPTER XII. MANCHESTER.
16. 16.REGULATIONS OF THE GRAND JUNCTION AND LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY COMPANIES. — REGULATIONS OF THE GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY . — CONVEYANCES TO LOCAL TOWNS FROM STATIONS. — BESCOT BRIDGE. — WOLVERHAMPTON. — STAFFORD. — WHITMORE. — BASFORD AND MADELEY STATIONS. — CREWE. — HARTFORD. — PRESTON-BROOK. — WARRINGTON. — TABLE OF FARES AND DISTANCES. — Departures — On Sundays. — Fares. — Officers of the Grand Junction Railway:— — GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.—CONVEYANCE OF MERCHANDISE. — Charge for Parcels to date from Oct. 1st, 1838, between Liverpool and Manchester and Birmingham. — LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY. — On Sundays. — Fares. — Luggage. — Liverpool and Manchester to Wigan. — On Sundays. — Liverpool and Manchester to Bolton. — On Sundays. — Liverpool and Manchester to St. Helens. — On Sundays. — Liverpool and Manchester to Runcorn Gap. — On Sundays.
17. 17.THE VISITER’S GUIDE TO BIRMINGHAM, [97a] LIVERPOOL, AND MANCHESTER. — BIRMINGHAM. — PUBLIC BUILDINGS. — PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. — LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS. — PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. — PUBLIC CHARITIES. — SCHOOLS. — MISCELLANEOUS. — PLACES OF WORSHIP. — PRINCIPAL SHOW ROOMS AND MANUFACTORIES. [106] — POST OFFICE, BENNETT’S HILL. — HACKNEY COACH FARES. — BANKERS, WITH THE HOUSES WHICH THEY DRAW UPON IN LONDON. — INNS. — COMMERCIAL BOARDING HOUSES. — OMNIBUS OFFICES. — LIST OF NEWSPAPERS.— July 31, 1838. — CANAL CONVEYANCE. — WAGGON WAREHOUSES. — PLACES OF NOTE ADJACENT TO BIRMINGHAM. — LIVERPOOL — PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. — PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND OBJECTS OF ATTRACTION. — BATHS. — THE DOCKS. — THE MARKETS. — LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS. — PUBLIC CHARITIES. — PLACES OF PUBLIC WORSHIP. — TIME OF STARTING BY THE RAILROAD. — FARES. — LUGGAGE. — LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER TO WIGAN. — LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER TO BOLTON. — LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER TO ST. HELEN’S. — LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER TO RUNCORN GAP. — INNS. — FOREIGN PACKETS. — STEAM NAVIGATION. ON THE RIVER. — IRELAND, &c. — TO THE ISLE OF MAN, SCOTLAND, &c. — NORTH WALES. — COASTWISE. — POST OFFICE. — DESPATCH OF LETTERS. — FOREIGN POST DAYS, at 3.20 P.M. — HACKNEY COACH FARES, — BANKERS. — LIST OF NEWSPAPERS. — MANCHESTER. — MANUFACTORIES. — PUBLIC BUILDINGS, LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS. — PLACES OF WORSHIP. — PLACES OF PUBLIC AMUSEMENT. — BATHS. — CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. — RAILROAD. — HOTELS, COACHES, AND COACH OFFICES. — POST OFFICE. — GENERAL DELIVERIES AT THE OFFICE. — HACKNEY COACH FARES. — SALFORD. — CHORLTON-ON-MEDLOCK. — BANKERS. — NEWSPAPERS. — PRINCIPAL TOWNS NEAR MANCHESTER.
18. 18.INDEX.
19. 19.NOTES.
20. 20.ADVERTISEMENTS. — CLARK’S METALLIC HOT-HOUSE MANUFACTORY, — W. AND T. AVERY, — JOSEPH STUBBS, — EDWARDS, BALL AND CO., — JAMES WARD, — THOMAS ELKINGTON, — R. W. CHILD, — MAPPLEBECK AND LOWE’S — Cutlery Show Rooms, — Furnishing Show Room, — Establishment for Furnishing — JOHN RODGERS AND SONS, — THOMAS CLARK AND CO., — JAMES BROWN, — JOHN LILLEY, Jun ., — THOMAS HORTON, AND CO., — SAMUEL RAWLINS & SON, — NEEDHAM’S — W. HOPKINS & SON, — SAMUEL BROWN, — FASHIONABLE CLOTHING ESTABLISHMENT, CURZON PLACE, NEW STREET, BIRMINGHAM. — No. 7, ST. PAUL’S SQUARE, BIRMINGHAM. — STEEL PENS, — VICTORIA PENS, — CABINET, UPHOLSTERY, AND PAPER HANGING WAREHOUSE, — CABINET FURNITURE: — UPHOLSTERY, &c. — PAPER HANGINGS — MENDEL’S MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL HOTEL, BRIDGE-STREET, MANCHESTER. — ROYAL HOTEL, MAIL AND COACH OFFICE . — YORK HOTEL — TALBOT INN, — COMMERCIAL AND FAMILY HOUSE, KING’S ARMS HOTEL, — MARY OGDEN, COMMERCIAL INN, — BEE COFFEE ROOMS, — H. P. THATCHER, — ST. GEORGE’S INDEPENDENT COACH AND GENERAL OMNIBUS OFFICE, — SWAN HOTEL. — W. TATEHAM, — WILLIAM HORTON AND CO., — H. AND J. GIBBS, — I. SHERWOOD, — ELIZ. STURGES AND SON, — ENGRAVING. — BACCHUS & GREEN, — WILLIAM CHAMBERS DAY, — JOHN LAW, — J. F. PARKER, — BIRMINGHAM COMMERCIAL AND PRIVATE BOARDING HOUSE, — EDWARD STUBS, — DAVID COPE & SON, — T. FLETCHER, — GEORGE MINES, — TEMPERANCE ARMS — JOSEPH SHORE AND SONS, — JENNENS & BETTRIDGE, — SILVER TEA URN, — SAMPSON ASTON, — PUMP COMMERCIAL TAVERN, — W. REED, — LONDON COFFEE HOUSE, — DUDDESTON HALL LUNATIC ASYLUM, — THE LONDON SILK WAREHOUSE, — HENRY GROVE, — CHARLES BROOKES, — WAGNER & COTTRELL, — T. J. MORRIS, — R. SIMS, — TO NOBLEMEN, GENTLEMEN, SPORTSMEN, AND GUN-MAKERS. — ABRAHAM ALLPORT, — WILLIAM JACKSON & CO., — HATS. — JAMES GRUNDY, — JOHN GODFREY, — CAPTAIN HOSKINS, — TEETH. — PERMANENT ELASTIC SPRING HYGEIAN BEDS, CARRIAGE, GIG, SOFA, AND CHAIR SEATS, — GEORGE RICHMOND COLLIS, — THOMAS & JAMES UPFILL, — THORNTON AND SON, WHOLESALE IRONMONGERS, — F. KNIBB’S — W. FLETCHER, — NOW READY, PART I. — PRINTING OFFICE, — DEEDS AND WRITINGS

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