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

JAMES BROADBRIDGE,

SURVEYOR.

PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE VESTRY.

John Smith and Co., Printers, Long Acre, London, W.C.

Vestry Hall,
January, 1864.

TO THE VESTRY OF KENSINGTON.

Gentlemen,

I have the honor to lay before you a Report on the various Railway Schemes and New Roads, for which it is proposed to apply for Acts at the next Meeting of Parliament.

Viz.:—

Kew, Turnham Green, and Hammersmith Railway.

Hammersmith and City Railway Extensions.

Great Northern and Victoria Station Railway.

London and South Western Railway Company.

Hammersmith and Wimbledon Railway.

Metropolitan Railway—Notting Hill and Brompton Extension.

Metropolitan District Railways.

Charing Cross Western Railway.

New Road.

“South Kensington New Road from Cadogan Place to South Kensington.”

Kew, Turnham Green, and Hammersmith Railway.

A railway from Kew Bridge to a junction with the West London Railway at Shepherd’s Bush.

Five chains only in the Parish of Kensington.

Hammersmith and City Railway Extensions.

A railway from Richmond, Mortlake, Chiswick, Turnham Green, Hammersmith, to a junction with the West London Railway at Kensington Station.

Three chains within the Parish of Kensington.

Great Northern, and Victoria Station, Railway.

A railway commencing at a junction with the Great Northern Railway at East Barnet, and continuing through Friern Barnet, Totteridge, Finchley, Hendon, Willesden, Hammersmith, terminating at the West London Extension Railway, at or near the Kensington Passenger Station.

One furlong in the Parish of Kensington.

London and South Western Railway Company.

A railway to connect Richmond, Mortlake, Kew, Chiswick, Turnham Green, and Hammersmith, with the West London Railway at the Kensington Station.

Ten chains within the Parish of Kensington.

Hammersmith and Wimbledon Railway.

A railway to connect Wimbledon, Merton, Putney, Barnes, Hammersmith, and Kensington with the Hammersmith and City Railway.

This railway will enter the parish of Kensington on the western side of Bramley Road, and proceed on the north side of Lancaster Road by a viaduct or embankment, by the side of and parallel to the Hammersmith and City Railway, will cross the Bramley, Silchester, and Walmer Roads with arches respectively of 16, 18, and 20 feet high.

Metropolitan Railway—Notting Hill and Brompton Extension.

A railway to commence at a junction with the Metropolitan Railway at Conduit Street East, in the Parish of Paddington, entering this parish at the south-east side of Pembridge Square, continuing by the south-east corner of Pembridge Gardens, under Uxbridge Road,