1847 railway map W & SW of London

[shawmat]

A fascinating early railway map (1847) of the lines west and south-west of London is available.
https://timetableworld.com/ttw-viewer…

Notice how the Great Western Railway was projecting lines to Brentford, Twickenham, Staines, and Egham. The Windsor, Staines & South Western Railway got there first with their “narrow gauge” lines (as opposed to the GWR’s broad gauge), and the GWR subsequently reached out with branches from Southall and West Drayton.

Maidenhead station was originally two miles east of the town, and also served the large estates (e.g. Cliveden and Taplow Court) on the east bank of the Thames. The temporary station was built whilst the GWR awaited completion of Brunel’s famous bridge across the Thames in 1839 but persisted long after. There are some images attached about the old location.

The even-earlier Surrey Iron Railway between Croydon, Mitcham and Wandsworth (1801-1846) is not shown - it had already closed.

• Wokingham was also known as Oakingham
• Frogmore was a village on a main road into Windsor, not hidden in the Home Park as now (after the road was diverted away)
• "Wyrardisbury" has since morphed into Wraysbury
• No sign of Heathrow, the village
• Notting Hill was the Hippodrome Race Course.
• And today's towns and suburbs are just tiny, tiny villages.

 

[yorksrob]

Perhaps the Oakinghamites subsequently became known for their progressive values ?

 

[DerekC]

Interesting to see the projected broad gauge route from Old Oak Common (ish) to Nine Elms, paralleling the West London Railway over the first section and apparently linking up with the South Western route - then planned via Waterloo to London Bridge. Would this have been mixed gauge? You can see why the GWR might have thought this was a good idea.

 

[30907]

Interesting to see the projected broad gauge route from Old Oak Common (ish) to Nine Elms, paralleling the West London Railway over the first section and apparently linking up with the South Western route - then planned via Waterloo to London Bridge. Would this have been mixed gauge? You can see why the GWR might have thought this was a good idea.

The GW eventually made it to Victoria by more or less this route.

Further West, that LSW line from Virginia Water to Pirbright would have been very useful.