Manchester and Southampton Railway map for Colesbourne

Reproduction prints from the Manchester & Southampton Railway plans 1846

Each print is on presented on artwork quality papercard of A3 dimensions (42 x 30cms) and is shipped flat in a “Do Not Bend” envelope.

With the print comes details of the land adjacent to the proposed line and a CD upon which is a digital image of the original plan to allow for on screen examination of the full details.

Although the Manchester and Southampton Railway wasn’t built in the 1840’s the Midland and South Western Junction Railway, and the Andover to Redbridge Railway (the Sprat and Winkle line) were eventually constructed along almost the same route.

Colesbourne. Located just south of Cheltenham, in Gloucestershire.

Some of the features shown include Colesbourne Inn, Home Farm, Southberry Farm, individual dwellings, and the Turnpike roads and river through the village.

The plots of land adjacent to the proposed railway line are numbered and accompanying the plan will be copies of pages from a directory that gives details of the property, its owner, lessee, tenant and occupier for each plot. For example the landlord of the pub in Colesbourne in 1846 is listed as George Mansell. It thus provides a fascinating insight into the area and who lived locally more than 160 years ago.

£20

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