A bibliography of the Surrey Iron RailwayThis bibliography was updated by David Perrett from the original in Derek Bayliss's book Retracing the First Public Railway published in 1981.
Anderson, C N, The Surrey Iron Road and The Croydon, Merstham & Godstone Iron Railway. Southern Railway Magazine 1, no. 3, 1923
Anderson, J C, A Short Chronicle concerning the Parish of Croydon in the County of Surrey. 1882, reprinted SR Publishers, 1970
Bayliss, D A, Retracing the First Public Railway. Living History Local Guide No 4. Living History Publications 1981
Bean, K W, 'Plate Rails at Godstone', Industrial Archaeology 7, 1970, 184-189
Bing, F G, The Grand Surrey Iron Railway. Croydon Public Libraries Committee, 1931
Brayley, E W & Walford E, A Topographical History of Surrey. 2nd ed. 1878-8
Bulstrode Letter in James Anderson, Recreation in Agriculture. 2nd series 1, June 1801
Burgess, P, The Use of Plate Rails in the Godstone Firestone Quarries, in Proc. Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society 18, Part 4, 1994
Davies, C T, The Industries of Wandsworth: Past and Present. Parsons & Baverstock, Earlsfield, 1898. Reprinted with introduction by Derek Bayliss. Wandsworth Libraries, 1984
Dickinson, H W, 'Jolliffe and Banks, Contractors', Trans. Newcomen Society 12, 1931-32. 1-8
Dobson, C G, A Century and a Quarter: The Story of the Growth of our Business from 1824 to the Present Day. Hall & Co, Croydon, private circulation, 1951
Edington, R, A Descriptive Plan for Erecting a Penitentiary House. Likewise a plan of a Railway from London to Portsmouth on a construction superior to anything seen in this Country. London, no date (1803)
Articles on SIR and CM&G, The Engineer Issues 5 & 9 Jan 1900, believed to be by W B Paley
Garrow, D W, The History and Antiquities of Croydon. 1818
Giuseppi, M S, 'Industries', in Victoria County History of Surrey 2. 1905
Gerhold, D, 'The rise and fall of the Surrey Iron Railway, 1802-46'. Surrey Archaeological Collections (Surrey Archaeological Society) 2010, 95: 193-210
Hadfield, C & Skempton A W, William Jessop, Engineer. David & Charles, 1979
Hadfield, C, The Canals of South and South-East England. David & Charles, 1969
Harper, C G, The Brighton Road. Chapman & Hall, 1906
Hobson, J M, The Book of the Wandle. George Routledge & Sons, 1924
Hopkins, R & Thurston T, Old Watermills and Windmills. 1934, reprinted by EP Publications 1976
Jackson, A A, London's Local Railways. David and Charles, 1978
Jones, A E, An Illustrated Directory of Old Carshalton. The author, no date
Kinder, A, letter in The Engineer, 12 Jan 1900
Lane, P, 'Croydon, Merstham and Godstone Discoveries', Railway World, Aug 1972
Lee, C E, 'Early Railways in Surrey'. The Railway Gazette, 1944
Lee, C E & Townsend C, 'Some further notes on early railways in Surrey'. Trans. Newcomen Society 27, 1949, 51-68
Malcolm, J, A Compendium of Modern Husbandry, principally written during a survey of Surrey Made at the desire of the Board of Agriculture ... 1805
Manning, Rev O & Bray W, History and Antiquities of the County of Surrey. 1804-14
(Marshall, Robert), An Examination into the proposed Canal and Iron Railway from London to Portsmouth. Joseph Robins, 1803
McGow, P, 'Surrey Iron Railway and Croydon, Merstham and Godstone Iron Railway, Notes On The Surrey Iron Railway', 2001 accessed 2013 www.wandle.org/aboutus/mills/mcgowsir/mcgow.htm
Montague, E N, 'Wheels from the Surrey Iron Railway found at Mitcham', Surrey Archaeological Society Collections 68, 1971
Morris, H M, The History of Merstham. The author, 1971
Von Oeynhausen, C, & von Dechen, H, Railways in England 1826 and 1827, translated by E A Forward. Newcomen Society, 1971
Osborne, Bruce, 'Early Surrey Plateways and Firestone Mines', in Proc. Croydon Natural History & Scientific Society XX
Outram, Benjamin, 'Minutes to be observed in the Construction of Railways', in M F Outram, Margaret Outram 1778-1863. 1932
Page, William, 'My Recollections of Croydon 60 Years Since 1880', unpublished, typescript of 1893 in Croydon Reference Library
Paine, E M S, The Two James's and the Two Stephensons. 1861, reprinted by David & Charles and Phoenix House 1961
Phillips, John, A General History of Inland Navigation. 1792, 4th ed. 1803. 5th ed. 1805, reprinted by David and Charles 1970
Phillips, Sir Richard, A Morning's Walk from London to Kew. 1817
Prentis, W H, The Snuff Mill Story: Local History of Morden, Mitcham, Merton. The author, 1970
Priestley, Joseph, Historical Account of the Navigable Rivers, Canals and Railways of Great Britain. 1831, reprinted by David and Charles 1969
Rees, Abraham, 'Canal' in Cyclopedia, 1819 edition, vol. VI
Resker, Rev R R, The History and Development of Purley. Cassell, 1916
Riden, Philip, The Butterley Company 1790-1830. The author, 1973
Ritchie, R, Railways. 1846
Shaw, E & Leyden, K, The Iron Railways of the Wandle Valley: a Bi-Centennial Anniversary Guide. Wandle Industrial Museum, 2003
Smiles, S, 'The Lives of George & Robert Stephenson'. The Lives of the Engineers, Vol 3, 1861-2, revised text 1874
Stevenson, W A, General View of the Agriculture of the County of Surrey. 1809
'Summerly, Felix' (pseudonym of Henry Cole), 'Felix Summerly's Pleasure Excursions'. Railway Chronicle, 1847
Tharby, W G, 'The World's First Public Railway', in Local History Records, The Bourne Society, 7, 1968
Tharby, W G, 'The Gauge of the Surrey Iron Railway', in Railway Magazine, Aug. 1967
Townsend, C E C, 'Further Notes on Early Railways in Surrey', in Trans. Newcomen Society 27, 1949-51
Tredgold, T, A Practical Treatise on Railroads and Carriages. 1825, 2nd ed. 1835
Trotter, W E, The Croydon Railway and its Adjacent Scenery. R Tyas, no date (1839)
Ward, J, Croydon in the Past. Croydon Advertiser, 1883
Webster, T, 'On the Geognostical Situation of the Reygate Stone ...', in Trans. Geological Society 5, 1821
Wells, S, The History of the Drainage of the Great Level of the Fens, called Redford Level, vol. 1. 1830 The following four works should also be mentioned as providing, between them, the best available introduction to the early history of railways:
Baxter, Bertram, Stone Blocks and Iron Rails. David and Charles, 1966
Dendy, Marshall C, History of British Railways down to the year 1830. 1938, 2nd ed. Oxford University Press, 1971
Lee, Charles E, The Evolution of Railways. 1937, 2nd ed. The Railway Gazette, 1943
Lewis, M J T, Early Wooden Railways. Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1970
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