Several of FK
's brothers became distinguished politicians and industrialists, often via the family business, Pascoe Grenfell and Sons
. Her elder half-brother Charles Pascoe Grenfell
served intermittently as MP for Preston in Lancashire, and...
Timeline
2 July 1841: The London and Brighton Railway opened, making...
Building item
2 July 1841
The London and Brighton Railway
opened, making use of tunnels to form a direct line instead of implementing an easier, winding route.
Simmons, Jack. The Railway in England and Wales 1830-1914. Leicester University Press, 1978.
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Ellis, Hamilton. British Railway History: An Outline from the Accession of William IV to the Nationalisation of Railways 1830-1876. George Allen and Unwin, 1954.
