Plymouth Shutter Telegraph Line
parish:
parish:
parish:
parish:
county:
Wickham
West End
Nursling and Rownhams
Bramshaw
Hampshire
county:
county:
Dorset
Devon
and on through Dorset to Plymouth, Devon. The line was reported as almost ready, May 1806.
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Plymouth Shutter Telegraph Line |
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telegraph line, shutter telegraph |
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West Sussex |
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Clanfield Wickham West End Nursling and Rownhams Bramshaw Hampshire |
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Wiltshire Dorset Devon |
| refce: |
JandMN |
| commentary: |
In October 1805, George Roebuck, surveyor, superintendent of the Admiralty's
shutter telegraphs, was instructed to select sites for a new line extending the
system to Plymouth. The line branched off the Portsmouth line at:- |
| station |
Beacon Hill Telegraph (West Sussex) |
| station |
Chalton Hill Telegraph, Clanfield |
| station |
Wickham Telegraph, Wickham |
| station |
Town Hill Telegraph, West End |
| station |
Toothill Telegraph, Nursling and Rownhams |
| station |
Bramshaw Telegraph, Bramshaw |
| station |
Pistle Down Telegraph (Wiltshire) and on through Dorset to Plymouth, Devon. The line was reported as almost ready, May 1806. |
| refce: |
Holmes, T W: 1983: Semaphore, The: Stockwell, Arthur (Ifracombe, Devon):: ISBN 0
7223 1629 1 |
| Associated with | |
| person |
: Admiralty, The |
| person |
surveyor: Roebuck, George |
| date | 1805-1806 |
Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001