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/></a><figcaption>Tadcaster Viaduct, southwest approaches. Completed before the Y&NMR abandoned construction of its line in 1849. (2005)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:York_%26_North_Midland_Railway_in_1854.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/York_%26_North_Midland_Railway_in_1854.jpg/220px-York_%26_North_Midland_Railway_in_1854.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/York_%26_North_Midland_Railway_in_1854.jpg/330px-York_%26_North_Midland_Railway_in_1854.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/York_%26_North_Midland_Railway_in_1854.jpg/440px-York_%26_North_Midland_Railway_in_1854.jpg 2x" data-file-width="933" data-file-height="534" /></a><figcaption>Lines of the York & North Midland Railway (in blue) as of 1854, showing the potential for a shorter route from Leeds to York via either Thorp Arch or Tadcaster.<br /> A cut-off was eventually opened in 1869 between <a href="/wiki/Micklefield_railway_station" title="Micklefield railway station">Micklefield</a> and <a href="/wiki/Church_Fenton_railway_station" title="Church Fenton railway station">Church Fenton</a>, south of Tadcaster and the lines proposed in the 1840s</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Leeds and York Railway</b> was a proposed railway line, promoted in the mid 1840s, intended to connect York and Leeds. The line lost a significant promoter, the <a href="/wiki/Manchester_and_Leeds_Railway" title="Manchester and Leeds Railway">Manchester and Leeds Railway</a> in 1845/6 as a result of a non-competition arrangement between that company and the <a href="/wiki/York_and_North_Midland_Railway" title="York and North Midland Railway">York and North Midland Railway</a>. </p><p>The York and North Midland Railway successfully promoted a rival line in the same session of parliament, and obtained an act for its construction in 1846. </p><p>The only part of either scheme that was ever constructed was the <b>Tadcaster Viaduct</b>, built by the Y&NMR on a short spur from the Y&NMR's existing Church Fenton to Harrogate branch. This was completed by 1848 before the Y&NMR decided to abandon construction of the line. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leeds_and_York_Railway&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Leeds_and_York_Railway">Leeds and York Railway</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leeds_and_York_Railway&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Leeds and York Railway"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Leeds and York Railway was promoted in the 1840s, during the <a href="/wiki/Railway_Mania" title="Railway Mania">Railway Mania</a>; the line formed an alternative route from Leeds to York, starting in Wellington Street (Leeds), passing <a href="/wiki/Seacroft" title="Seacroft">Seacroft</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thorner" title="Thorner">Thorner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clifford_Moor" class="mw-redirect" title="Clifford Moor">Clifford Moor</a>, and crossing the <a href="/wiki/River_Wharfe" title="River Wharfe">River Wharfe</a> near <a href="/wiki/Thorp_Arch" title="Thorp Arch">Thorp Arch</a> continued via <a href="/wiki/Walton,_Wetherby" class="mw-redirect" title="Walton, Wetherby">Walton</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Syningthwaite&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Syningthwaite (page does not exist)">Syningthwaite</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bilton-in-Ainsty" title="Bilton-in-Ainsty">Bilton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hutton_Wandesley" class="mw-redirect" title="Hutton Wandesley">Hutton Wandesley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rufforth" title="Rufforth">Rufforth</a> and <a href="/wiki/Acomb,_North_Yorkshire" title="Acomb, North Yorkshire">Acomb</a> to York.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETomlinson1915464–466_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETomlinson1915464–466-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The line was 6.5 miles (10.5 km) shorter than the existing route between the two cities (<a href="/wiki/York_and_North_Midland_Railway" title="York and North Midland Railway">York and North Midland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leeds_and_Selby_Railway" title="Leeds and Selby Railway">Leeds and Selby</a> lines). An associated scheme the <a href="/wiki/York,_Hull_and_East_and_West_Yorkshire_Junction_Railway" title="York, Hull and East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway">York, Hull and East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway</a> was also proposed, connecting towns in the <a href="/wiki/East_Riding_of_Yorkshire" title="East Riding of Yorkshire">East Riding of Yorkshire</a>; together they represented a potential strong competitor to <a href="/wiki/George_Hudson" title="George Hudson">George Hudson</a>'s railway network in Yorkshire.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETomlinson1915464–466_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETomlinson1915464–466-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1845 the Leeds and York company gained the support of the <a href="/wiki/Manchester_and_Leeds_Railway" title="Manchester and Leeds Railway">Manchester and Leeds Railway</a>, which decided to take up shares in the company on the condition that the line would use the station of the proposed <a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Riding_Union_company&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="West Riding Union company (page does not exist)">West Riding Union company</a>; the company also determined to support the Leeds and York in their obtaining an act of parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHouldsworth18463–5,_8_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHouldsworth18463–5,_8-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In late 1845 the <a href="/wiki/York_and_North_Midland_Railway" title="York and North Midland Railway">York and North Midland Railway company</a> and the Manchester and Leeds company entered into a non-competition arrangement as part of an agreement between the two firms on the leasing of the <a href="/wiki/Hull_and_Selby_Railway" title="Hull and Selby Railway">Hull and Selby Railway</a>. Part of the agreement was that the M&L would withdraw its support from both the York-Leeds and York-Hull schemes.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEYork_and_North_Midland_Railway18491–7_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEYork_and_North_Midland_Railway18491–7-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHouldsworth18469–10_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHouldsworth18469–10-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new agreement with the Y&NMR was contradictory to the previous one with the proponents of the Leeds and York and York and Hull schemes,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHouldsworth1846Mr._Laing's_Award,_pp.9–12_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHouldsworth1846Mr._Laing's_Award,_pp.9–12-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the board of the M&L withdrew their support and connection to the scheme in November 1845.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHouldsworth184612–14_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHouldsworth184612–14-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Leeds and York refused an offer to return the shares, and the M&L was required to take up 5,000 £25 shares.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Rival schemes between Leeds and York were also proposed in the same period, including the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Leeds,_York_and_Midland_Railway&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Leeds, York and Midland Railway (page does not exist)">Leeds, York and Midland Railway</a>, and the Leeds Extension of the York and North Midland Railway, both of which followed a route via <a href="/wiki/Aberford" title="Aberford">Aberford</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tadcaster" title="Tadcaster">Tadcaster</a> a few miles to the south of the Leeds and York company's plans.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECampbellBateman1846p.5,_col.2_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECampbellBateman1846p.5,_col.2-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="York_and_North_Midland_Railway_Leeds_extension">York and North Midland Railway Leeds extension</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leeds_and_York_Railway&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: York and North Midland Railway Leeds extension"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Y&NMR applied for an act for a railway over its proposed route in 1845, starting from a junction with the <a href="/wiki/Leeds_and_Selby_Railway" title="Leeds and Selby Railway">Leeds and Selby Railway</a> near <a href="/wiki/Cross_Gates" title="Cross Gates">Cross Gates</a> and continuing roughly north-east to make a connection with the Y&NMR's <a href="/wiki/Harrogate%E2%80%93Church_Fenton_line" title="Harrogate–Church Fenton line">Church Fenton to Harrogate line</a> south of <a href="/wiki/Tadcaster" title="Tadcaster">Tadcaster</a>. The route then ran north for approximately 1 mile, before bearing east across the River Wharfe to meet the York and North Midland's main line at Copmanthorpe, and thence to York.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHoole198636–7_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHoole198636–7-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Y&NMR's line was successful in parliament over the rival Leeds and York Railway scheme.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFowkes19636_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFowkes19636-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An act, the "York and North Midland Railway (Leeds Extension) Act" (Victoria 9/10, Cap.89) was obtained in 1846,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for a line of 17.2 miles (27.7 km) with power to raise capital of £360,000 and a further third in loans.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/John_Towlerton_Leather" title="John Towlerton Leather">John Towlerton Leather</a> was contracted to build the Tadcaster-York section,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a viaduct at Tadcaster was completed before the work was abandoned after the end of the <a href="/wiki/Railway_Mania" title="Railway Mania">Railway Mania</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFowkes19636_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFowkes19636-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (See <a href="#Tadcaster_Viaduct">§Viaduct</a>.) </p><p>In its 1849 report to shareholders the company reported: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>The line from York to Tadcaster and Leeds was forced upon the Company, as a protective measure in 1845 [...] in order to prevent others doing so. The portion of this line between York and Tadcaster was commenced soon after the obtaining of the Act in 1846, and has been proceeded with to a considerable extent. An expense of between £30,000 and £40,000 has already been incurred thereon, and a further outlay to that amount will be necessary to complete it [...] The outlay already incurred may be reckoned in the interim among the extortions to which existing Railway Companies were then compelled to submit, to save their property from being wholly confiscated. If it be the wiser course to defer the portion of the line between York and Tadcaster, it is certainly so to defer that between Tadcaster and the Leeds and Selby Line. The junction at Leeds may probably be desirable at some future day.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><a href="#CITEREFYork_and_North_Midland_Railway1849">York and North Midland Railway (1849</a>, pp. 22–23)</cite></div></blockquote> <p>In 1849 the Y&NMR applied for deviation of and abandonment of the original section from Tadcaster to York (Copmanthorpe),<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> passed as part of the "York and North Midland Railway Act" of 1849.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>No line was completed along the route, either by the Leeds and York, York and North Midland or other companies.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A shorter route from Leeds to York was opened in 1869, via a cut off from <a href="/wiki/Micklefield" title="Micklefield">Micklefield</a> to <a href="/wiki/Church_Fenton" title="Church Fenton">Church Fenton</a> .<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFowkes19636_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFowkes19636-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Tadcaster_Viaduct">Tadcaster Viaduct</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leeds_and_York_Railway&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Tadcaster Viaduct"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Old_railway_viaduct,_Tadcaster_-_geograph.org.uk_-_513856.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Old_railway_viaduct%2C_Tadcaster_-_geograph.org.uk_-_513856.jpg/220px-Old_railway_viaduct%2C_Tadcaster_-_geograph.org.uk_-_513856.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Old_railway_viaduct%2C_Tadcaster_-_geograph.org.uk_-_513856.jpg/330px-Old_railway_viaduct%2C_Tadcaster_-_geograph.org.uk_-_513856.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Old_railway_viaduct%2C_Tadcaster_-_geograph.org.uk_-_513856.jpg/440px-Old_railway_viaduct%2C_Tadcaster_-_geograph.org.uk_-_513856.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="426" /></a><figcaption>Tadcaster Viaduct (2007)</figcaption></figure> <p>The Tadcaster Viaduct (also known as the Virgin Viaduct,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or Virgin Bridge<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) was constructed as part of the northern section of the Leeds-York Line. </p><p>The viaduct was constructed of 11 arches, 7 west of the river, 2 east of the river, and 2 wider arches across the <a href="/wiki/River_Wharfe" title="River Wharfe">River Wharfe</a>; made of <a href="/wiki/Magnesian_Limestone" title="Magnesian Limestone">magnesian limestone</a> with <a href="/wiki/Millstone_grit" class="mw-redirect" title="Millstone grit">millstone grit</a> arch <a href="/wiki/Voussoir" title="Voussoir">voussoirs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-vlist_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vlist-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Earthworks were constructed for a <a href="/wiki/Wye_junction" class="mw-redirect" title="Wye junction">triangle junction</a> connection to the <a href="/wiki/Harrogate_to_Church_Fenton_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Harrogate to Church Fenton Line">Harrogate-Church Fenton line</a> immediately northwest of <a href="/wiki/Tadcaster_railway_station" title="Tadcaster railway station">Tadcaster railway station</a>; the viaduct crossed the river upstream and north of the town.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1882 or '83 to 1955 there was a siding across the viaduct which was used to supply corn and later coal to Ingleby's Mill on the east bank of the river.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After 1901 the Mill was converted to a power station for the Tadcaster Electricity Company. The siding, known as the Ingleby's Mill branch closed in 1959. In 1980 the viaduct was acquired by the town council from <a href="/wiki/British_Rail" title="British Rail">British Rail</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHoole198536–37_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHoole198536–37-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The structure was listed in 1985.<sup id="cite_ref-vlist_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vlist-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leeds_and_York_Railway&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"An Act for enabling the York and North Midland Railway Company to make a more direct Line of Railway between York and Leeds." (Victoria 9/10, Cap.89, 1846).<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"An Act for enabling the York and North Midland Railway Company to divert their Railways between Market Weighton and Beverley and Copmanthorpe and Tadcaster, all in the County of York; and for other Purposes." (Victoria 12/13, Cap. 60, 1849).<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">From the <a href="/wiki/Leeds_and_Selby_Railway" title="Leeds and Selby Railway">Leeds and Selby Line</a> to the former <a href="/wiki/York_and_North_Midland_Railway" title="York and North Midland Railway">York and North Midland Railway</a> Line to York.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">(1890) "Ingleby & Son stand on the north bank of the Wharfe. Originally an old soke and grist mill, it was occupied many years by the late Mr. John Allenby [...] Mr. Rishworth next conducted the business, and retired in 1869, when he was succeeded by Mr. J. A. Ingleby, who purchased the property at Lord Londesborough's sale in 1873. [...] in 1879 he enlarged the premises, and commenced working the first complete roller mill in England. In 1889 a new warehouse was built, with silos holding 6,000 quarters of wheat. The wheat on arrival is emptied direct from the railway trucks through warehouse separator, and distributed automatically to the silos or any other part of the mill."<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leeds_and_York_Railway&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTETomlinson1915464–466-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETomlinson1915464–466_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETomlinson1915464–466_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFTomlinson1915">Tomlinson 1915</a>, pp. 464–466.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHouldsworth18463–5,_8-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHouldsworth18463–5,_8_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHouldsworth1846">Houldsworth 1846</a>, pp. 3–5, 8.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEYork_and_North_Midland_Railway18491–7-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEYork_and_North_Midland_Railway18491–7_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFYork_and_North_Midland_Railway1849">York and North Midland Railway 1849</a>, pp. 1–7.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHouldsworth18469–10-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHouldsworth18469–10_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHouldsworth1846">Houldsworth 1846</a>, pp. 9–10.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHouldsworth1846Mr._Laing's_Award,_pp.9–12-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHouldsworth1846Mr._Laing's_Award,_pp.9–12_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHouldsworth1846">Houldsworth 1846</a>, Mr. Laing's Award, pp.9–12.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHouldsworth184612–14-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHouldsworth184612–14_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHouldsworth1846">Houldsworth 1846</a>, pp. 12–14.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output 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Newton Abbott: David & Charles. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7153-8527-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-7153-8527-5"><bdi>0-7153-8527-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Railway+Stations+of+the+North+East&rft.place=Newton+Abbott&rft.pub=David+%26+Charles&rft.date=1985&rft.isbn=0-7153-8527-5&rft.aulast=Hoole&rft.aufirst=Ken&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALeeds+and+York+Railway" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHoole1986" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Ken_Hoole" title="Ken Hoole">Hoole, Ken</a> (1986). <i>A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain, Volume 4: The North East</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Regional+History+of+the+Railways+of+Great+Britain%2C+Volume+4%3A+The+North+East&rft.date=1986&rft.aulast=Hoole&rft.aufirst=Ken&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALeeds+and+York+Railway" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHouldsworth1846" class="citation cs2">Houldsworth, Henry (1846), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=yvo5X8uNlA8C&pg=PA3"><i>Special Report of the Directors of the Manchester and Leeds Railway to the Shareholders of that Company, in Answer to the Special Report of the Directors of the Proposed Leeds and York Railway Company. 24th January, 1846</i></a>, Manchester and Leeds Railway company</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Special+Report+of+the+Directors+of+the+Manchester+and+Leeds+Railway+to+the+Shareholders+of+that+Company%2C+in+Answer+to+the+Special+Report+of+the+Directors+of+the+Proposed+Leeds+and+York+Railway+Company.+24th+January%2C+1846&rft.pub=Manchester+and+Leeds+Railway+company&rft.date=1846&rft.aulast=Houldsworth&rft.aufirst=Henry&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dyvo5X8uNlA8C%26pg%3DPA3&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALeeds+and+York+Railway" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTomlinson1915" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/William_Weaver_Tomlinson" title="William Weaver Tomlinson">Tomlinson, William Weaver</a> (1915), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/northeasternrail00tomlrich"><i>The North Eastern Railway; 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