• ID (Preferred Ref.): MLE16078
• Name: Midland Counties Railway, Nottingham & Derby
• Map Sheet: SK51NE
• Grid Reference: Centroid SK 59 16 (MBR: 9232m by 13813m)
• Summary: The railway opened in 1840 and went to Nottingham and Derby. In 1841 Thomas Cook famously used it for an excursion to take temperance supporters to Loughborough for a meeting.
• Description: Featured in 1 

Sources

• Number: 1 
• Reference: Bibliographic reference: Leleux, Robin. 1984. A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Volume 9, The East Midlands. p86-91

Location - Administrative Areas

• Civil Parish: Barkby, Charnwood, Leicestershire
• Civil Parish: Barrow-upon-Soar, Charnwood, Leicestershire
• Civil Parish: Cossington, Charnwood, Leicestershire
• Civil Parish: Loughborough, Charnwood, Leicestershire
• Civil Parish: Quorndon, Charnwood, Leicestershire
• Civil Parish: Sileby, Charnwood, Leicestershire
• Civil Parish: Syston, Charnwood, Leicestershire
• Civil Parish: Thurmaston, Charnwood, Leicestershire

Monument/Component Types

• RAILWAY (Late Post-medieval to Modern - 1840 AD to 2050 AD)