Transcribed from the 1864 John Smith and Co. edition by DavidPrice, .  Many thanks to the RoyalBorough of Kensington and Chelsea Libraries for allowing theircopy to be used for this transcription.

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 andCo., Printers, Long Acre, London, W.C.

p. 3VestryHall,
January, 1864.

TO THE VESTRY OF KENSINGTON.

Gentlemen,

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

Viz.:—

Kew, Turnham Green, and HammersmithRailway.

Hammersmith and City Railway Extensions.

Great Northern and Victoria StationRailway.

London and South Western RailwayCompany.

Hammersmith and Wimbledon Railway.

Metropolitan Railway—Notting Hill andBrompton Extension.

Metropolitan District Railways.

Charing Cross Western Railway.

New Road.

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

p.4Kew, Turnham Green, and HammersmithRailway.

A railway from Kew Bridge to a junction with the West LondonRailway 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 atKensington Station.

Three chains within the Parish of Kensington.

Great Northern, and Victoria Station,Railway.

A railway commencing at a junction with the Great NorthernRailway at East Barnet, and continuing through Friern Barnet,Totteridge, Finchley, Hendon, Willesden, Hammersmith, terminatingat the West London Extension Railway, at or near the KensingtonPassenger 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 atthe 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 CityRailway.

p. 5Thisrailway will enter the parish of Kensington on the western sideof Bramley Road, and proceed on the north side of Lancaster Roadby a viaduct or embankment, by the side of and parallel to theHammersmith and City Railway, will cross the Bramley, Silchester,and Walmer Roads with arches respectively of 16, 18, and 20 feethigh.

Metropolitan Railway—Notting Hill and BromptonExtension.

A railway to commence at a junction with the Metropolitan

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