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Read Ebook: Report on the Plans of the Various Railways before the Examiners of the House of Commons 1864 so far as relates to the Parish of Kensington by Broadbridge James
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Level of Warwick Road unaltered.
Line No. 9 on plan.
Commencing on the west side of Gloucester Road, north of Redfield Lane, and joining Line No. 7, by Redfield Lane.
Line No. 10 on plan.
Commencing at the termination of Line No. 6, on the south side of Uxbridge Street, crossing the High Street, Notting Hill, traversing the south portion of Pembridge Gardens to the east side of Pembridge Crescent, Pembridge Villas, Ledbury Road, to the Parish Boundary north of Lonsdale Road to the Great Western Railway, and thence to Hackney Wick.
Top of rail in no case less than 15?:4? below surface of road, levels of the various roads unaltered.
Line No. 11 on plan.
Commencing at a junction with the Hammersmith, Paddington, and City Junction Railway, on the north side of Lancaster Road, by Ladbroke Road, continuing eastward north of Lancaster Road, across Portobello Lane, to the Great Western Railway, leaving this Parish at St. Luke's Road.
This Line will be carried over Portobello Lane by an arch 15 feet high, span 25 feet.
Line No. 12 on plan.
A Line commencing and continuing on the north side of the Great Western Railway, on the east side of Kensal Green Lane.
Construction of railways from the Charing Cross Railway at Lambeth, to the West London Extension Railway at Kensington and to Hammersmith.
Entering this Parish at the Fulham Road by Marlborough Road, proceeding along Pelham Road, taking the buildings on the north side, crossing Old Brompton Road, Cromwell Lane, by the north end of Bute Street, Prince Albert Road, south side of Cromwell Road across Gloucester Road, north-east end of Earl's Court Gardens, South Row, North Row, Earl's Court Road, land between Earl's Court Road, and a new private road on Lord Kensington's estate in continuation of the Warwick Road, Alma Road, to west London Extension Railway, thence into the parish of Fulham, returning into the Parish boundary opposite Portland Place, Kensington Road.
The rail in no case to be less than 17 feet below surface, and the various roads intersected to remain at their present levels, excepting Warwick Road , which is to be raised 10 feet.
Railway No. 3 on plan.
A Line in connection with Line No. 1, commencing on the south side of the Alma Road, crossing the West London Extension Railway into the Parish of Fulham.
NOTE.--The Metropolitan Railway, the Metropolitan District Railways, and the Charing Cross Western Railway are to be executed principally as open cuttings, in many cases bisecting roads, or traversing them, but in most cases interfering with the sewers.
Railway No. 1 on plan.
A railway commencing by a junction with the West London Railway in the Parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington, and terminating by a junction with the London and Blackwall Railway.
Commencing in this Parish on the West London Railway, north of the Kensington Station, and diverges southward into the Parish of Hammersmith, passing through the Hammersmith Road at the rear of Portland Place, returning into this Parish by Shaftesbury Terrace, Warwick Road, through Land to Earl's Court Road, Land at the rear of St. Philip's Church, Wright's Lane, south of Redfield Lane, to Gloucester Road, along by Gloucester Grove at the north of Old Brompton Road, through Bute Street, Old Brompton Road, Pelham Road, Fulham Road, into the Parish of Chelsea by Marlborough Road.
This Line is proposed to be executed as an open cutting, varying in depth from 21 to 30 feet, with 218 yards of tunnel 18 feet 6 inches high, between Earl's Court and Wright's Lane, and tunnel again 22 feet 6 inches high from Old Brompton Road, along Pelham road to Fulham Road, levels of roads unaltered, interruption of sewers to be provided for.
Railway No. 3 on plan.
Commences by a junction with Line No. 1, in Pelham Street, and proceeds northerly through Alfred Place, West, Old Brompton Road, by Thurlow Place, Cromwell Road, and traversing Exhibition Road, and thence to a junction with the Metropolitan Railway, Paddington.
This portion of railway is proposed to be executed as a tunnel.
Road levels unaltered; interruption of sewer to be provided for.
For making a street or road commencing in the Parish of St. Luke's, Chelsea, at the West End of Pont Street, crossing Cadogan Place and Sloane Street, through Land between Hans Place and the Pavilion, to and through Walton Street into the Parish of Kensington, at the south end of Ovington Square, through Yeoman's Row, Michael's Grove, Michael's Place, York Cottages, into Brompton Road, opposite Kensington Museum.
The Plan shews a new road of a length in this Parish of 1,360 feet, being from Brompton Road to the Parish Boundary by Ovington Square, of an average width of 100 feet; the road to be finished at the levels of the existing roads, excepting at the junction of Michael's Grove with Brompton Crescent, where it is proposed to raise the road 2?3?.
Powers are sought to purchase in this Parish the Premises comprising Thurloe Place, York Cottages, northern side of North Terrace, Michael's Place to Michael's Grove, east end of Brompton Crescent, Michael's Grove, Yeoman's Row, south end of Ovington Square, and Grove Place.
The several railways herein described as passing into or through this Parish more or less interfere with or remove property now rated. I submit it will be for the Vestry to consider whether the facilities of railway communication will counterbalance the present loss upon the rates that may be sustained. Also, to consider whether all the projected schemes, or any one of them, would form a check to, or encourage the large building operations now progressing, or contemplated: under any circumstances, it will be necessary for the Vestry to take such steps for the proper protection of such roads and sewers as are proposed to be interfered with by the projected lines.
I remain, Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, JAMES BROADBRIDGE.
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