Talk:Surrey Iron Railway

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"and was (arguably) Britain's, if not the world's, first public railway" - Why "arguably"? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 193.113.48.7 (talk • contribs) . 09:11, January 21, 2005

It is subject to argument, depending on how you define a public railway. Chevin 08:40, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] the south London districts of Wandsworth and Croydon

When did Wandswarth and Croydon become part of London? Chevin 08:40, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Croydon became part of london mid 1960s IIRC, but had been a seprate county borough (formt he rest of surrey) for some time (at a guess 50 years) Pickle 00:05, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps then we should write "to the south of London" Chevin 08:47, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

In fact, when the railway was operational, both Wandsworth and Croydon were just towns within the County of Surrey - hence the name of the railway. The County of London was not created until 1889 and the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth was not created from part of that until 1900. the County Borough of Croydon did not come into existence until 1849. I'll reword the introduction. --DavidCane 23:53, 21 September 2007 (UTC)