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Great Western Railway

Hob Uid: 1359288
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Greater London Authority, Oxfordshire
Vale of White Horse, South Oxfordshire
Kensington and Chelsea, City of Westminster, Hammersmith and Fulham, Hillingdon, Ealing
Swindon, Reading, West Berkshire, Slough, Windsor and Maidenhead, Bath and North East Somerset, Wokingham, Buckinghamshire, City of Bristol, Wiltshire
Sutton Benger, Christian Malford, Dauntsey, Moulsford, Waltham St. Lawrence, Brinkworth, Ruscombe, Twyford, Tockenham, Charvil, Royal Wootton Bassett, Sonning, Lydiard Tregoze, Woodley, Earley, Didcot, Corston, Newton St. Loe, Saltford, Keynsham, Wroughton, Shottesbrooke, West Swindon, Central Swindon South, Central Swindon North, North Moreton, Stratton St. Margaret, South Marston, Compton Beauchamp, Woolstone, Iver, Bourton, Shrivenham, Uffington, Longcot, South Moreton, South Stoke, Kingston Lisle, Bathford, Cholsey, Purley on Thames, Bathampton, Burnham, Taplow, Pangbourne, Ashbury, Basildon, Cox Green, Wargrave, Box, Sutton Courtenay, Corsham, Goring-on-Thames, Harwell, Steventon, West Hendred, Ardington, Milton, White Waltham, Lockinge, Grove, Chippenham, Langley Burrell Without, Denchworth, East Challow, West Challow, Baulking, Childrey, Bremhill, Sparsholt
Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : SU4319677962
Summary : Brunel's Great Western Railway between London and Bristol, opened as a broad gauge railway on 30th June 1841, the Swindon - Bristol Section being converted to narrow gauge in 1872, mixed gauge in use from Swindon to Paddington. The latter section was not fully converted until 1892. Authorised in 1835, the first section between Paddington and Maidenhead was completed in 1838. The whole route, built in nine sections, was completed by June 1841. The route was designed to provide the fastest access to Bristol, and so bypassed small market towns such as Wallingford, Wantage and Faringdon, thus giving a clear 40-mile run from London to Reading. The small town of Swindon was chosen as the main locomotive and wagon works for the entire Great Western system.
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Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Opened 1841
Monument End Date : 1841
Monument Start Date : 1841
Monument Type : Railway
Evidence : Structure

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External Cross Reference Number : LINEAR 900
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End Date : 2010-12-31
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