Railway’s act of spite against local resident still debated 120 years later
Sep 24, 2019
3 minutes
By Geoff Courtney
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THE history of Britain’s railways is littered with disagreements and disputes between landowners, local residents, and companies, particularly in its early formative years when the country was polarised between those who welcomed this new form of transport and those who for whatever reason opposed its very existence.
In the final days of the Victorian era at the dawn of the 20th century, the railways had overcome
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