Published for travellers on the new Grand Junction Railway, this guide describes the route mile by mile from Birmingham through Wolverhampton, Stafford, Whitmore and Crewe to Liverpool and Manchester. It points out the towns, churches, schools, country seats and industries passed on the way, and quotes Wordsworth’s sonnet on steamboats, viaducts and railways.
A delightful record of the excitement of early railway travel in England. Download the free EPUB.