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The main feature in the Brixton ward is the network of railway lines, which include the 1862 London, Chatham & Dover Railway running north/south from Farringdon Street, a branch to the new Victoria Station crossing Brixton Road and a new line (running east/west on high bridges) linking Victoria and London Bridge. In 1872 the Crystal Palace and South London Railway added a spur from just north of Loughborough Junction. To the west of the ward is Angell Town, which was laid out in the 1850's, with St John's church as its focal point. Although a few of the original Angell Town villas still survive, most of the area has been redeveloped for social housing in the post war years. Extract from the 'Plan of The Parish of Lambeth, showing its Divisions into Wards and Ecclesiastical Districts', surveyor Hugh McIntosh, 1876.

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Image type:	Print
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Ref:	04995
Identifier:	SUB/LAM/01289
Date:	1876

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