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met at a hostelry in Bury to discuss the creation of a railway connection for the town. The Manchester, Bury and Rossendale Railway Company was formed, its purpose to build a railway from Bury to a junction with the Manchester and Bolton Railway at Clifton. The company also promoted the idea of
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almost 4.5 miles distant. This railway company had initially proposed to create a branch to Bury, but technical difficulties meant that the connection never materialised.
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A map of the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal showing the Manchester to Bolton line, and the later Manchester Bury and Rossendale line
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The railway began from a junction with the Manchester and Bolton Railway, in Clifton. It ran northeast through
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Another company, the Burnley, Accrington & Colne Extension Railway, proposed to extend the line from
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Sir Charles William Pasley (1780–1861), from 23 November 1841 the Inspector-General of railways
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Banister was placed in charge with designing, surveying and gaining the necessary
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was appointed Chief Engineer, who instructed his recently appointed assistant
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On 14 September 1843, a group of local businessmen including John Grundy,
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An Illustrated Historical Survey of the Railways in and Around Bury
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to Stubbins and Rawtenstall now being utilised by the preserved
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to set out the first few miles. The proposed route through the
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approval to extend the line, which hence became part of the
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Blackburn, Burnley, Accrington & Colne Extension Railway
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uses the former railway infrastructure, with the line from
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In the early 1840s the nearest railway to Bury was the
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Index

Railway company
East Lancashire Railway
Greater Manchester
Lancashire
Clifton
Bury
Rossendale
Lancashire
Blackburn, Burnley, Accrington & Colne Extension Railway
East Lancashire Railway

Manchester and Bolton Railway
Stoneclough
Thomas Wrigley
John Robinson Kay
Rawtenstall

Charles E. Cawley
Frederick Banister
Irwell Valley
Major General
Sir Charles W. Pasley
Molyneux Brow
Ringley Road
Radcliffe Bridge
Withins
Bury Bolton Street
Sunday
Sabbath
Stubbins

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