Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places . f Henry VIII.,reminds us of one Nicholas Tychborne, gent.,husband of the second daughter and co-heir ofAlderman Fenroper; and of Alderman Tich- Padding ton.] THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY TERMINUS. bourn, one of Cromwells peers and King Charlessjudges. Praed Street preserves the memory of a bankerof that name, one of the first directors of theGrand Junction Canal Company. This streetconnects Edgware Road with the Great WesternRailway Terminus and Hotel. The latter is amagnificent building, and was one of the first con- i
Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places . f Henry VIII.,reminds us of one Nicholas Tychborne, gent.,husband of the second daughter and co-heir ofAlderman Fenroper; and of Alderman Tich- Padding ton.] THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY TERMINUS. bourn, one of Cromwells peers and King Charlessjudges. Praed Street preserves the memory of a bankerof that name, one of the first directors of theGrand Junction Canal Company. This streetconnects Edgware Road with the Great WesternRailway Terminus and Hotel. The latter is amagnificent building, and was one of the first con- istructed on the monster principle in connection i to connect the seaport of Bristol and the greattowns of the south-west with London. The originalestimate for the construction of the railway was^2,500,000, or about ^39,000 a mile. The linewas constructed on that known as the broadgauge, and the engineer was Mr. I. K. Brunei, sonof Isambard Brunei. This estimate, however, waslargely exceeded, the directors accounting for itby stating that it is accounted for by the intended. KENsAL CEMETEKV. with the railway terminus, with which it has com-munication by a covered passage. The edifice initself comprises five separate floors, containing inall upwards of one hundred and fifty rooms, thechief of which are large and lofty, and beautifullyornamented ; the designs generally, in the LouisQuatorze style, were executed by Mr. Philip Hard-wick, , and the pediment upon the front issurmounted by a piece of allegorical Great Western Railway line, which communi-cates with the west and extreme south-west ofEngland, is situated close to and below the levelof the terminal wharf of the Paddington branchof the Grand Junction Canal. The Act of in-corporation, under which this line was formed, was passed in the vear 18 and it was intended junction with the Birmingham line at Acton. In1S3S the railway was open only to ^laidenhead ;to Twyford in 1839 ; in the following year toF
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