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Railway maps & plans

This rich array of maps and plans reveals the inexorable rise of railways in the 19th century and how they became an established part of the British landscape. See how new lines carved their paths through the British countryside, transforming the environment and connecting towns and cities across the country like never before.

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Bartholomew's Railway Map of the British Isles

1939

Great Western Railway map

circa 1900-circa 1948

Map, Railway Clearing House

1874

Map, Railway Clearing House

1897

Plan, elevation and brief specification for the Sankey viaduct

Map, Railway Clearing House

1913

Map of Railway Clearing House in Scotland

1916

Map, Railway Clearing House

1921

Map of the Lancashire & Yorkshire North Eastern Railway shewing its connection with the exisiting and projected lines of the district

1846

Scarborough's map of the British Isles

1911-1914

LNER map

1923-1948

map of London & South Western Railway

Stanford's Map of Metropolitan Railways, Bridges, Embankments &c. ....

1863

A plan and section of the railway from Liverpool to Manchester, in the county palatine of Lancaster

1829

A Plan and Section of an intended Railway or Tram-Road from Liverpool to Manchester

1824-1830

Royal Route to the North of Scotland via Aberdeen

Brydone's Railway Directory

1858-1862

Map of the East Indian Railway

1846

'Map of the London and Birmingham Railway and adjacent country', c 1840

1835-1845

Cheffins's Map of the Railways in England and Scotland

1845

Map, Railway Clearing House

1906

Southern Railway general system

Midland & Great Northern Joint Lines

1914

Map of the Inland Navigation

1830

Bradshaw's Map of the Railways in Great Britain shewing also the line of Navigation from the principal Sea Ports ....

1843

A travelling county atlas: with all the railroads accurately laid down and coloured

1847

A new map of Great Britain; particularly shewing the Inland Navigation

1844

River Tyne

Smith's Railway Map, 1836

1836

Cruchley's Railway Map of England & Wales / G.F. Cruchley

1840

Plan and Section of the intended Railway or Tramroad from Stockton by Darlington to the Collieries near West Auckland

1822

Smith's Map of England & Wales, Containing the whole of the Turnpike Roads, Railways & Canals

1845

Liverpool and Manchester Railway Plan 1824

1824-11-20

Carriage Plan of Royal train for Queen Victoria's funeral

1901
Relief map, Great Western Railway. In glass case with relief of South-West England including Wales and Cornwall.

Great Western Railway relief map in glass case

Map, National Railway of Zimbabwe, system map.

National Railway of Zimbabwe map

Plan of Goods Depot at Nine Elms, London & South Western Railway. Dated 12 October 1910. Scale 88 feet = 1 inch. [Backed on linen].

Plan of Nine Elms good depot

1910
Map, Stockton & Darlington Railway, Geological, 1858, 1/2 inch to 1 mile, paper backed linen. [in leather slip case 2002-8002/1]

Map, Stockton & Darlington Railway

1858
Seventeen maps of the rail and road systems of London in the period 1924-1958 (Twelve railway maps, 5 road maps).

Railway and road maps of London

1924-1958
Linen plan of Hudswell Clarke & Co. Ltd.'s foundry at Leeds, drawn by D. H. Moore, Civil Engineer, of Scarborough. Shows air raid shelters and roof spotter's tower, so probably dates from World War 2. 27.1654 x 30.748 in.

Site Plan Railway Foundry - Messrs. Hudswell, Clarke & Co. Ltd., Leeds

1940-1949
Map, Great Eastern Railway, 'East London', undated early 1900's, hand tinted for detail, published/printed by Ordnance Survey, paper-backed linen.

Map, Great Eastern Railway, East London

1900
Map, Railway Clearing House, Scotland, 1920, coloured, 1 inch to 7 1/2 miles.

Map, Railway Clearing House

1920
Map, North Eastern Railway, 'South Durham Coalfield', 3/4 inch to 1 mile, printed by Chorley & Pickersgill, paper.

Map, North Eastern Railway

Map, railway, 'Gloucestershire', Ordnance Survey, c. 1830 (but shows several railways), monochrome, 1 inch to 1 mile, paper-backed linen.

Map, railway, 'Gloucestershire'

1830
Map, Railway Clearing House, Ireland, 1920, coloured, 1 inch to 7 1/2 miles.

Map, Railway Clearing House

1920
Map, Railway Clearing House, Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire, 1897, coloured.

Map, Railway Clearing House

1897
Map, Railway Clearing House, London, 1897, coloured, published by H Smart, Railway Clearing House.

Map, Railway Clearing House

1897
Map, system map, Great Eastern Railway, 1919, published/printed by GER, drawn by L Dix, paper-backed linen.

Map, system map

1919
Map, Railway Clearing House, Manchester, 1899, coloured.

Map, Railway Clearing House, Manchester, 1899, coloured.

1899
Map, showing system, Great Northern Railway, 1898, 8 miles to 1 inch, published/printed by Thos. Kell & Son, paper-backed linen, leather cover.

Map, showing system

1898