London Suburban Railway Extension.

London Suburban Railway Extension .

MUCH has been done of late in and around the Aletropolis to furnish greater facilities for reaching the suburbs . It can safely be said that during recent years few railway companies have shown such an enterprising spirit as has the Great Central , and especially so since they secured

ICKENHAM CHURCH . through communication with London , and were able to build their own terminal station at Alarylebone . But although this Company obtained running powers into London from the North , they have until recently only been allowed in on Avhat may be termed sufferance . For some forty or fifty miles

before reaching London they had to run OA'er foreign lines and consequently were unable to cater for suburban traffic . This has now all been altered , and a route has been opened intersecting the

picturesque district of Buckinghamshire . Starting from Alarylebone , the Terminus of the Great Central Railway , one of the first points of interest is Harrow . From the Harrow Hill

a remarkable panorama of beauty is presented , the wide prospect of open country embracing portions of thirteen counties , while the famous Harrow School has the proud distinction of having on its books the

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names of five premiers—Viscount Goderich , George 4 th , Earl of Aberdeen , Right Hon . Spencer Percival , Sir Robert Peel and Lord Palmerston . The next Station is Ruislip and Ickenham , the chief feature of this district being the parish church of St . Martin , in which the names of its vicars ,

OLD MARKET PLACE AND POST OFFICE . PRINCES RISIiORO ' . from William de Bennington , 12 9 0 , are to be seen . Further on is Gerrards Cross , formerly known as Ferrers Common , most charming pen pictures of which appear in Captain Alayne Reid ' s story of " The White Gauntlet . " Chalfont St .

Peter's and Penn ' s Grave are within three miles of Gerrards Cross . Beaconsfield Station leads one to an ancient township situated on the London and Oxford Road . The place is for ever associated with Edmund Burke .

WINDSOR STREET , I 1 EACONSKIELD . High Wycombe is another place of great interest , while the station is also near to Great Al . irlow-on-Thames . The river Wye or Wyck , runs through the town from which it takes its name . Hughenden , the seat of the late Earl of Beaconsfield , is only two miles from High Wycombe . At Princes

Risboro ' , proceeding further north , is a fine old churchyard , on the west side of which can be viewed several trenches and banks called " The Mount , " supposed to be the site of a palace of Edward the Black

Prince . Some three miles from Princes Risboro' is Great Hampton , and in the Church of St . Alary Magdalene there are many memorials of the

Hampden family . The last station on this new route is Akeman Street , where there is still to be seen the remains of the ancient Roman roadway known as Akeman Street , from

which the station takes its name . We might refer to many other places of interest on this new line , but space forbids . Sufficient will , however , havebeen said , together with the illustrations given herewith , to show that it opens up a very interesting district to tourists , to say

WHITE LEAK CROSS , PRINCES RISIIORO ' . nothing of its utility to the Londoner , who , while his duties call him to town , prefers , when the daily strife of business is over , to seek the quiet and healthful retreat of a most picturesque country .