ABSTRACT
In all parts of Britain, and indeed in any part of the World, the railway has exerted a profound influence upon both the landscape and the social and economic development of the population and the land. The resulting changes are, in many respects, limited to areas 'touched' by the effects of the railways. Thus, the greater the density of the railway network, the greater will be its influences upon the land and the population. The effects in Britain, with the very dense railway network developed during the nineteenth century, are therefore much greater than would be experienced in many other European countries. Barber 1970, states that:
The activities of the Railway Companies in the nineteenth century had important social and topographic repercussions on both the urban and rural environment.
